compendium-of-beasts:

Black bear of America ; Brown bear of Europe ; Polar bear. (1848)

via NYPL

Sketches of animal skulls from Rhode Island School of Design’s Edna Lawrence Nature Lab

Lizard skull, rabbit skull, & black bear jaw

Thanks for the submission :)

fuckyeahmoleskines:

black bear skull studies. 

(via skullandbone)

umzoology:

Eumetopias jubatus 

I’m swamped!  Life always seems to happen all at one time.  At least we can enjoy these pictures of a Stellar sea lion skull (Eumetopias jubatus, also known as the northern sea lion), juxtaposed with the partially mangled skull and mandible of Ursus americanus, the black bear.  I put them together because I like the morphological similarities between the two families; quite similar, but they inhabit completely different environments.  

(The bear illustration in the background is another in my series about vertebrate pathologies, which I’ll post about when I’m feeling more self-indulgent, but I feel the need to at least credit my own artwork). 

Ursus ornatus (the black bear of the cordilleras) ; Procyon lotor, Lin. (the raccoon) ; Ailurus refulgens (the shining cat or red panda) (1834-1837)