Owl Pellet Bones

This page last updated May 11, 2006

Skull from an owl pellet

Same skull, viewed from the right side

Mandible removed from the jaw

Various vertebrae from an owl pellet

Various ribs

Scapula

Humerus

Ulna

Sacrum

Pelvis (note the acetabulum and the obturator foramen)

Two femurs from an owl pellet

Tibia and fibula (the tibia is the large bone, the fibula is the smaller bone that is partly fused to the tibia).

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