How would you identify and unknown animal bone?

Subject: How would you identify and unknown animal bone?

Date: Mon Mar 8 22:27:50 2004
Posted by Talitha
Grade level: undergrad School: Eastern University
City: St Davids State/Province: PA Country: USA
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 1078806470.Zo

Message:


Hello, I am doing a project where I was given an unidentified bone. It is my 
job to discover from what animal the bone was taken. So far, I have deduced 
that the bones are the femur and tibia of a possible land mammal. Please help 
as I do not know where to go from here. Thank you.

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