not sure what animal this was?

found this while walking along the beach in rankin inlet nunavut,could be a dog?or wolf but not sure if wolf come that close to town

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The first one looks like a wolf scull.
Not sure what the second one is. Edit to say...the second one, I believe, is a deer scull.

First one looks like a Polar Bear. Check out the remaining white tuft of hair on top of the skull. Skull construction looks more like a bear...much heavier bone than a wolf.

Bottom skull...looks like herbivore...check out teeth, eye sockets on the side of skull. Possible remains of horn sockets on top of head.

Both guesses on my part.

Lesmore wrote in post #16196941
First one looks like a Polar Bear. Check out the remaining white tuft of hair on top of the skull. Skull construction looks more like a bear...much heavier bone than a wolf.

Bottom skull...looks like herbivore...check out teeth, eye sockets on the side of skull. Possible remains of horn sockets on top of head.

Both guesses on my part.

I was going to suggest bear too, but without knowing size it's little more than a semi educated guess. What I will say is, based on the skull from a mid-sized black bear I got to handle at a taxidermy shop, bear skulls tend to be very heavy for their size. If you've handled other skulls and that one is quite a bit heavier than you think it should be, it's probably a bear. Second one, I'm 90+% sure it's a deer.

First one is definitely a wolf, check out those carnassials (slicing teeth). Bears have molars at the back.

Second one looks like a deer/elk/caribou herbivore.

Chupacabra! Seriously it might be. Scientists have determined the source of the chupacabra legend is a particluar type of mange that infests dog species and deforms them. And you guys thought we were all crazy as wombats. BTW the chupacabra mites are killing wombats too. And where did these dastardly critters originate? From the most evil creature of all - humans!

the first one is not a bear...almost laughed on that one...lol ok..I did laugh.

just do a google for wolf and bear sculls...the teeth will tell ya
the top one is a wolf.

The top one is most likely a wolf skull as has been suggested.
Yes wolves come that close to town. We have had them here in Yellowknife in town and they have snatched peoples dogs. The last one I heard of was just a few blocks from my house.
We also get cougars,coyote, wolverines, lynx, black and grizzly bears coming into town and we are much more built up than Rankin is.

The bottom one is not a deer as Rankin is too far North of their range.
Most likely a caribou skull.

huuuummm...I'll still say deer skull on the second one.

and damn I just realized I have been spelling skull wrong....Duh.
When I was typing it out before I tried to tell myself it didn't look right...goodness I swear I'm getting dementia...heh

Rather than try to ID the ruminant skull, I'm putting my bet on simple logic. The area in question smack dab in the middle of the largest overland migration in the world,. ie: that of the Caribou..
So I'd play the odds.

ok...I'll bend..cause yeah..I looked it up as in what was in the area and yup Caribou (in the deer family)...still though if ya look up the skull..it just don't look the same...go figure.

thanx for all the replies,after speaking to some locals here,they do say wolves come into town,this was found about half mile from town along the beach,but they also say some of thier sled dogs are bred with wolves so may be a hybrid sled dog.oh ya no deer here but thier caribou here are not very big they look about the same size as deer down south.

Normally its difficult to detect know!

The main tusk (top and bottom) look too fat to be that of a wolf . I would go more that of a bear which depending on the size of the skull could help determine the age of the animal .

Celestron wrote in post #16216668
The main tusk (top and bottom) look too fat to be that of a wolf . I would go more that of a bear which depending on the size of the skull could help determine the age of the animal .

Wrong teeth for a bear