r/bonecollecting • u/CymVanCat • 21h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America What animal's jawbone is this is this?

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Woods in Western MA, USA. I found a lot of mandibles on line with this shape but none with molars going up the back or hooking up the front of the jaw bone. I though maybe a hog? But nothing I saw looked like this. The larger molars were as large as a nickel, smaller dime sized. Anyone know what animal this is from? It’s approximately 7” in length.

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u/wantthingstogetbettr 20h ago

That looks like two mandibles on top of eachother, no? Did you move them or touch them?

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u/CymVanCat 1h ago

Didn’t touch or move it. Just took the picture. Should have taken more photos It didn’t appear to be more than one piece. If I see it again. I’ll take more pics and share. Thanks for the info.

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u/Inkedwell_ 20h ago

Two deer mandibles

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u/CymVanCat 1h ago

Didn’t touch or move it. Just took the picture. Should have taken more photos It didn’t appear to be more than one piece. If I see it again. I’ll take more pics and share. Thanks for the info.

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u/Inkedwell_ 1h ago

This is the ‘seam’. The top one is layed on top of the bottom one :)

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u/CymVanCat 51m ago

Ah yes I see it now! My boyfriend took the picture out on a bike ride so I was just relaying what he told me. Thank you. That was driving me crazy!
I thought it was too weird to be real. But then again I do not know what all animal mandibles look like. 🙏 Thank you!!!

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u/Lil_Myotis 17h ago

Yep, those are two jaw bones. Deer jaws.

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u/CymVanCat 1h ago

Didn’t touch or move it. Just took the picture. Should have taken more photos It didn’t appear to be more than one piece. If I see it again. I’ll take more pics and share. Thanks for the info.