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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hello Mary Beth,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Good call on the (very sad looking) Procyon lotor. Baby elephant hair in my experience is finer and shorter; this second sample does look to be a match for Phacochoerus africanus, but there might also be some
other scraggly pig that’s also a match.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Prondzinski, Mary Beth<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 08, 2021 12:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Help with ID Please<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings Mammals people!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a couple of skins that defy identification and I’m hoping someone in the community can help? I believe one is a raccoon (albeit extremely faded and sans a tail) and the other one has me stumped. Perhaps baby elephant?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any help would be greatly appreciated…Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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