TRACKS: Who dunnit?
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Here, here.!.................... we're not experts on pussies & taking rough guesses is hardly conjusive to enlightened debate...
It might help the flow of the discussion if you could give us a little more info...
There is no other information I can give unfortunately. The only thing I can give is the name of the species ID'd by these folks that have seen the skull. But I think it would be better for those investigative naturalists on here to do some research and see if they come to the same conclusion. That's what I'm doing, but I'm biased by the information I received so far. Besides I have another person viewing it this Tuesday and want to see what they say before I write it up here. I want to get back up there this Thursday to have a mooch around as the Fallow rut is well underway there now too.
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lynx, serval, black footed & fishing cat, caracal, are off my list as the skull does not belong to any of them.....there is a close resemblance with a wildcat /feral cat hybrid & ocelot is a second possibility for me..( the small canines are a problem though)....................No idea about the flat headed cat, geoffroy's cat, jungle cat, chinese desert cat, or bay cat. which are all about the size of the mystery moggie,.....the asaitic & African golden cats are prehaps too big.
Am I on the right path or talking a load of tosh as usual. ?
It might help the flow of the discussion if you could give us a little more info...
It's none of those.
I've only just caught up on this and all I'll say at this moment is that if there's any flack about this then it should be directed at me and not Jon.
How about narrowing it down by letting us know from what continent this critter originates ........is it a species or a hybrid ?
Rest assured there's no flack here.......just a little light hearted goading
back to the drawing board...
Incidently, how about sexing the beastie........I'd say male.............did the specialists give any indication as to it's gender ?
Can that even be done with just a skull? As in, does the mastoid technique apply? I've heard it's pretty hit and miss even with our own bonces.
Once you know the species you can hazzard a calculated guess..........take humans for example, men usually have a larger skull ( to hold their bigger brain) & a wider lower jaw.........there are exceptions of course, notably eastern European female athletes
Is this a well known species or some obscur thing known only to the happy few ?
If we were to name a genus would you tell us yae or nae ?
If we were to name a genus would you tell us yae or nae ?
No thanks, just had one ...
No it's definatly feline.........even those that know have said as much
Species. Not a hybrid.
No gender given. I never asked.
Yae
That's me done talking to brick walls :aargh4:.................
Hehe, sorry, I don't have that much time to get on here lately.
Nae. 100% without a shadow of a doubt CAT.
I was just about to offer a genus lottery and that would have been my punt. It's not a good idea as some poor sausage would be left with Panthera, which it can't be. Can it?
