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Leopard Tooth? - jbanneheka - 03-06-2018

Hello everybody

I got a canine from a leopard. (he meant it from leopard of Sri Lanka)
How do you see it?
Do you see is it like a leopard tooth?


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@GrizzlyClaws 

Thanks a lot.

cheers
Deesh

RE: Leopard Tooth? - GrizzlyClaws - 03-06-2018

Most likely belong to a smaller feline species.

A real leopard tooth looks like that, proportionally longer.



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RE: Leopard Tooth? - Michael - 03-06-2018

(03-06-2018, 10:01 PM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote: Most likely belong to a smaller feline species.

A real leopard tooth looks like that, proportionally longer.



*This image is copyright of its original author
Could it be one of the lower canines ?

RE: Leopard Tooth? - jbanneheka - 03-06-2018

Yep, that looks better. There is around 700 leopards in sri lanka. I think they are a bit smaller than others.
I have read this article.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_leopard
I have read that sri lankan leopards are smaller than african leopards.

If its not a leopards tooth, what it can be? @GrizzlyClaws 

thanks a lot you all..

cheers
Deesh

RE: Leopard Tooth? - Pckts - 03-06-2018

(03-06-2018, 10:54 PM)jbanneheka Wrote: Yep, that looks better. There is around 700 leopards in sri lanka. I think they are a bit smaller than others.
I have read this article.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_leopard
I have read that sri lankan leopards are smaller than african leopards.

If its not a leopards tooth, what it can be? @GrizzlyClaws 

thanks a lot you all..

cheers
Deesh

Some say Sri Lanken Leopards are larger than most due to their lack of Competition from larger Carnivores but I have spoken to someone who has seen both and he said that the African are larger and I have only seen one male Indian and African Leopard but the Male African Leopard I saw was huge, the indian was a good size but he didn't have the head size or body girth of the African I saw in the serengeti.

RE: Leopard Tooth? - GrizzlyClaws - 03-07-2018

(03-06-2018, 10:07 PM)Michael Wrote:
(03-06-2018, 10:01 PM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote: Most likely belong to a smaller feline species.

A real leopard tooth looks like that, proportionally longer.



*This image is copyright of its original author
Could it be one of the lower canines ?


The scale of the tooth is needed to determine whether it is a leopard or some other smaller feline species.

RE: Leopard Tooth? - GrizzlyClaws - 03-07-2018

(03-06-2018, 10:54 PM)jbanneheka Wrote: Yep, that looks better. There is around 700 leopards in sri lanka. I think they are a bit smaller than others.
I have read this article.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_leopard
I have read that sri lankan leopards are smaller than african leopards.

If its not a leopards tooth, what it can be? @GrizzlyClaws 

thanks a lot you all..

cheers
Deesh


Do you have the size of the tooth?

Anything less than 6 cm shall be included as the leopard.

RE: Leopard Tooth? - jbanneheka - 03-09-2018

Hi  @GrizzlyClaws 


Yes The tooth is 6cm. 
If Its not a leopard tooth, which animal is having Thorn tooth something like that?

thanks..

cheers
Jagath

RE: Leopard Tooth? - GrizzlyClaws - 03-09-2018

(03-09-2018, 04:29 PM)jbanneheka Wrote: Hi  @GrizzlyClaws 


Yes The tooth is 6cm. 
If Its not a leopard tooth, which animal is having Thorn tooth something like that?

thanks..

cheers
Jagath


Sorry, I made a typo, I meant that the leopard can be excluded if it is less than 6 cm.

Maybe it could be a lower canine tooth of a leopard.