What dead animal is this (photo, don’t open if squeamish)

[Ansterdame]

I saw this on a walk today and couldn’t work out what it is. If I’d turned the head the right way up, I’m sure it would have been obvious but I didn’t feel like doing that.
It’s not red enough to be a fox, but I don’t think the jaw is the right shape for a badger and I think badgers noses are more black.
Any ideas? Only the head and a strip of its fur remained so no clues from the body

Maybe part of a badger. Where was it?

Looks dog/fox type of animal to me, just by the shape of the nose. Poor thing, doesn't look like it had a great time.

Sadly I think this is the remains of a dog - although to be honest it’s sad whatever animal it is.

Looks like a dog to me. Wrong colour and muzzle shape for a fox.

Dog fighting?

Might be worth reporting to the police.

Looks like a dog to me

That looks like a grey fox

We’re you brave enough to sort of nudge it over with your shoe? Because while I agree the shape of the snout doesn’t look badgery, the general colouration does and I can’t think of many native wild species that share that colour. A black and white stripy head would remove all doubt.

I also think grey fox as head is quite pointy and overall it is on small side.

I think it's a squirrel.

It never occurred to me that it could be a dog. I totally agree that whatever it was, it met a painful death but it somehow didn’t seem so bad when I thought it was a wild animal, as no one would be sad for it, but if it’s a dog, that means it’s or was someone’s pet. How awful

Pretty sure that's a dog poor thing x

Def not a squirrel, it was much much bigger than that. I’m hoping it was a grey fox

I think it's a squirrel I would hate to meet the squirrels round your way!

It’s nose does seen v pointy like a fox. Urban area too with lots of foxes about but I’ve only seen red ones before

It does look like a dog, I hadn’t consider that either.

Sadly I think a dog too. Badgers have a more pointy nose end. And they're much bigger than you'd think if you'd never met one.

It is an odd colour though!

Although urban, there are some small woods around so could be a badger but just don’t think it’s nose is right

Fox.

I think it could be a badger. Do you have a local badger group you could send the picture and location to? They could advise if its not a badger.

I was going to say dog too

I think sadly that's a dog

Very sad end whatever it is.

I have just done some googling. Badgers have more grey on them in winter (rather than the black in summer) due to longer guard hairs showing through & can also have pink areas on the nose. It is surprising how canine the badger nose is. I think it's a badger.

I thought it was a squirrel at first and then finally noticed the nose and mouth, it's hard to tell upside down. But I'd say it's a grey fox. There aren't many dogs with tail hair as long and bushy as that.

I think it looks like a dog too😩😩