Cranium, mandible and atlas vertebrae of a European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), plus tube containing .177 calibre air rifle pellet.
Cranium, mandible and atlas vertebrae of a European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), plus tube containing .177 calibre air rifle pellet. Shot with a 12 bore shotgun at 20 yards on farmland in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. NH.0.445 killed with same cartridge. 0.177 calibre air rifle pellet associared with specimen was presumably found encysted in rabbit.
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