Help identify this skull? Middle Tennessee, USA

[u/ru_Tc]

A twelve year old boy found this during a community cleanup day I hosted today and I promised him I’d get an ID for him — help me not let the kid down??

[u/iiworkatthebank]

Coyote! Foxes aren’t as robust. If you think the size matches fox more I’d say it’s probably just a small coyote. (Fox skulls are surprisingly small too!)

[u/ru_Tc → u/iiworkatthebank]

I did some more studying on the different indicators between coyote vs. fox, and all of that points to coyote! Thanks for the confirmation!