Might also be a muskrat. I agree with Richard, it's as big as Buggs Bunny!
> Sylvia
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> That would be the result of a frighteningly large rat or water vole.
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> Assuming the scale is in centimetres, the marks look the right size to
> be gnawing by a pair of beaver's upper incisors, i.e., a combined width
> of about 2 cm as shown in Elisabeth Schmid's "Atlas of Animal
> Bones".page 79.
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> Depending on geographical provenance, I suppose it might also be the
> result of a capybara chewing.
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> Richard
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> On 17/05/2013 22:19, WARMAN, Sylvia wrote:
>> Hello Everyone
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>> I have been sent some photos (by a finds liaison officer) of a cow-sized
>> long bone which has been gnawed.
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>> I suspect it may be too damaged for a full ID - I'm guessing cow-sized
>> radius or metapodial. What caught my attention was the fact the gnawing
>> covered the entire bone surface - I assume rodents are the culprits?
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>> I'm put the photos on zoobook http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo
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>> Many Thanks
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>> Sylvia
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