Abstract: Objective To explore the species identification methods of bone remain. Methods The compare between human bone and common animals bones was made with microscopic comparison methods. The sample was consisted of 77 slides including human,cattle, house, pig, goat, sheep, monkey, cat, rabbit, chicken, duck, pigeon, tortoise, frog, fish.Results The differences of the histological bone species were as follow: the thick of the outer and the inner circumferentical lamellae, and the shape of interstital lamellae, and the size of Haversian system, and the number of the circumferential lamellae, and the number of the lacunae of inner Haversian system. Conclusion The histological characters of the bones can be used for species identification.

Key words: histological bone, species identification, forensic anthropology