Cat (Felis catus domesticus

Cat (Felis catus domesticus)

2012-22-1531 U#13486 partial juvenile cat skull, frontal

Figure 14: Illustration of cat skull. The bone found at Litlibær was the frontal, marked here with f. (Whitney, 1911)

A single fragment of the frontal bone from the skull of a juvenile cat was found in a disturbed

layer at Litlibær (Table 15). The individual can’t be aged precisely but while the midline of the

skull was unfused it was more developed than in the skull of a weaned kitten, M136, in the

reference collection indicating that the cat might have been between 3-12 months old.

Table 15: Cat (Felis catus) skull fragment found at Litlibær

Þjms no. Context Species Bone End Size category Texture Fusion Side Comments 201222-1531 13846 Felis catus Frontal Fragment 5 2 Unfused Left 1/4 of a skull, unfused midline.