Identify this bone? (pictures)

[MouseLover]

This bone was found in central Kentucky. It is a sacrum bone of some sort.











Here it is compared to an ox sacrum:


I would like confirmation as to what animal it belonged to.

Does anybody here have any idea?

[Darby]

From the size, maybe a coyote-?

[MouseLover]

Do you have pictures of a coyote sacrum or know where I could find pictures of one to compare it to?

[Darby]

Let's see, here's a wolf but it's hard to see details -

http://www.soappuppy.com/wolf/ostaeology.html

and another -

http://www.soappuppy.com/wolf/ref/cl-pe ... alview.jpg

and a dog -

http://www.skullsunlimited.com/userfile ... e_5685.jpg

[MouseLover]

Ooooh...thank you. I am a college student (in social work, not biology lol) and I have a former professor who's a biologist who I was gonna ask, only to find out that she's on sabbatical! figures!

I'm still puzzled about this bone.

[mcar]

Tell us soon when you already figured it out.

[MouseLover]

Thanks...I will tell you for sure, but I have not figured it out!

[MouseLover]

I got a message asking and I still haven't figured this out. :/

Nobody seems to have pictures of sacrums of animals such as large hogs, deer, or llamas.