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Wolf or Coyote #7019012
10/16/20 02:04 PM 10/16/20 02:04 PM
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Found this skull the other day near an old moose kill. Coyotes are few around here and I have yet to see or catch one. That said, I have seen tracks and some others have taken a couple. So they are around. What do you think young wolf or big coyote? My guess is young wolf, but have no coyote to compare it to. It is next to an average sized adult wolf skull for comparison.

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Re: Wolf or Coyote [Re: bfisch] #7019116
10/16/20 04:49 PM 10/16/20 04:49 PM
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I would say wolf. Coyotes have sharper teeth.

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Re: Wolf or Coyote [Re: bfisch] #7019120
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The size of the nasal opening will give you a good indication.Wolf noses are over an inch in width,coyotes under.The only overlap would be a very small pup wolf.and the skull sutures and tooth nerve cavity will tell you that.

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Re: Wolf or Coyote [Re: bfisch] #7019743
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I am leaning more and more towards wolf. The width of the nasal cavity is exactly one inch. The cavity of the cleaned skull is 1 1/16 inch.
Re: Wolf or Coyote [Re: bfisch] #7019760
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Where is the guy who said wolves have no forehead slope? grin

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Re: Wolf or Coyote [Re: Leftlane] #7019849
10/17/20 06:32 PM 10/17/20 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Leftlane
Where is the guy who said wolves have no forehead slope? grin


I think that was on his Darwinism post smirk
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I say wolf if the nasal opening is 1 inch wide.

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Re: Wolf or Coyote [Re: Leftlane] #7019943
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Originally Posted by Leftlane
Where is the guy who said wolves have no forehead slope? grin


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Re: Wolf or Coyote [Re: ] #7019944
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Originally Posted by Mark June
Originally Posted by Leftlane
Where is the guy who said wolves have no forehead slope? grin


I think that was on his Darwinism post smirk

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