Real Red Fox Skull - Pathology

This real red fox skull specimen displays notable pathological features, including bone lesions on the parietal bone, abnormalities of the hamular process, and dental irregularities affecting the canines. These conditions provide valuable insights into disease processes and skeletal anomalies in wild canids. A striking example for comparative anatomy, pathology education, or research collections.

The red fox is native to North America, Europe and most of Asia. Although a member of the order Carnivora, the red fox is essentially an omnivore. It mostly eats rodents, lagomorphs, insects, fruit and occasionally carrion. Red foxes have a characteristic manner of hunting mice; the fox stands motionless, listening and watching intently for a mouse it has detected. It then leaps high and brings the forelimbs straight down forcibly to pin the mouse to the ground.

• Presents with evidence of pathology on the parietal bone, hamular process and canines
• Skull - Pathology Length 14.8 cm (5.8 in)
• Skull - Pathology Width 7.8 cm (3.1 in)
• Skull - Pathology Height 5.7 cm (2.2 in)