tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210757346121712556.post5116488101366673992..comments2023-06-29T23:10:52.945-07:00Comments on Nature ID: grunion greeting, 2011 #2Katie (Nature ID)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17730655720390625839noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210757346121712556.post-6724228494693488692011-07-07T23:23:48.977-07:002011-07-07T23:23:48.977-07:00Neil, where have you been all my Nature ID bloggin...Neil, where have you been all my Nature ID blogging life? Again, awesome information. Thank you very much!Katie (Nature ID)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17730655720390625839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210757346121712556.post-19986289538053149712011-07-07T15:07:17.819-07:002011-07-07T15:07:17.819-07:00Definitely a cat of some sort. That second premol...Definitely a cat of some sort. That second premolar is very distinctive. No other carnivoran has that "M-shape" with the large posterior cusp. Also the post-orbital bar is not that well-developed in mustelids. Not sure that I can rule out juvenile bobcat with this photo, but given the context, domestic cat seems much more likelyNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293693723899837239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210757346121712556.post-22145237341634689322011-07-07T05:43:01.868-07:002011-07-07T05:43:01.868-07:00I'm just wondering if it could be anything els...I'm just wondering if it could be anything else, besides a young sea otter or a house cat.Katie (Nature ID)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17730655720390625839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210757346121712556.post-10569846083999388122011-07-02T17:33:49.489-07:002011-07-02T17:33:49.489-07:00I also have come to that conclusion. A couple day...I also have come to that conclusion. A couple days afterwards I went looking online and all the otter skulls I saw seem to have much bigger teeth. Maybe it could have been a baby otter? But to me it seems a lot more like a cat.Jennifernoreply@blogger.com