'Well done, this is the skull that I identified as the Bodmin beast.
It belongs to a leopard, Panthera pardus to give it its scientific name. Leopards are found in Africa, the Middle East and southern Asia.'

Leopard skulls are relatively small - the distance between cheek bones is only slightly wider than the height of the skull. In comparison with the other skulls, the top of the skull between the eye sockets is narrow.

So had the beast's true nature been identified? The Museum's scientists had more to discover...