Animal hide ID
Discussion
Haha, thanks for the responses!
I also asked on a taxidermy Facebook group and they were quite certain that it's actually the rear end of a roe deer. I was thrown by assuming it was the whole thing rather than part of something bigger.
I assume a fox/wildcat/buzzard/eagle must have cleanly stripped it and left it there.
I also asked on a taxidermy Facebook group and they were quite certain that it's actually the rear end of a roe deer. I was thrown by assuming it was the whole thing rather than part of something bigger.
I assume a fox/wildcat/buzzard/eagle must have cleanly stripped it and left it there.
snowandrocks said:
I also asked on a taxidermy Facebook group and they were quite certain that it's actually the rear end of a roe deer
Really?Well, I suppose they ought to have the greater expertise, but I'm pretty familiar with roe deer (cant swing a cat without hitting one, round here), and I'm just not seeing that. The basic colour is wrong, and the only white on a roe deer is around its tail, which has a distinctive pattern of (much longer) hair.
Google images of roe deer, and see if you disagree with me!?
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