Barn Owl
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This is a skull of an adult female Barn Owl (Tyto alba). Note the relatively large brain and asymmetrically placed ear openings. These features are partly associated with the highly sensitive hearing system that help this predator to locate prey in the dark.
Height: 34.8 mm
Width: 43.3 mm
Length: 77.2 mm
Time: Recent
Locality: N/A
Specimen: WFB-7953, Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, UC Davis
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