Skull 1
Take a closer look at this animal skull. What can this skulls tell you about the animal's diet? Their eyesight? Their behaviors? Their place in the food web?
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This skull belonged to a coyote.
Habitat: Found in a wide habitat range covering most of North America and into Central America
Diet: Omnivore – will eat almost anything
Rabbits, rodents, fish, frogs, deer, insects, snakes, fruit, grass, and carrion
Average Life Span: 14 years
Size: 32-37 inches (head & body), 16 inch tail
Weight: 20-50 pounds
Coyotes are formidable in the field where they enjoy keen vision and a strong sense of smell. They can run up to 40 miles an hour. In the fall and winter, they form packs for more effective hunting.
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Acknowledgements
The Skulls exhibit at the Science Learning Center gives visitors a chance to see and touch real (and some replica) animal skulls, many from local animal species. Special thanks to Dr. Ted Stankowich of the Mammal Lab and Suellen Jacob in the Biological Sciences Department for lending these interesting specimens to the SLC.
3D images courtesy the California Academy of Sciences; physical specimens are part of the Academy's Ornithology & Mammalogy collections.
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