Identification:

3-3.5'. males 75-400lbs; females 50-250lbs. Largest in the north. White tails that "flag" as the mammal retreats, indicating a deer on the move. Reddish in color in the summer and blue-grey in the winter. Males have antlers that consist of a main beam with prongs preturding from it.

Habitat:

Forest, swamps, bushy areas. Most of the United States, except California, Nevada, and Utah and some bordering states, and Northern Canada.

Skull:

Rectangular, narrow nose cavity. No upper incisors. Square, herbivour teeth.

Details of Skull

Whitetail Deer Odocoileus virginianus

Stage: Adult (male and female) and adolesent (male and female)

Area Collected: Roads in Central Minnesota

Source: Winter/Spring Roadkill

Dental Formula
Upper/Lower	Incisors	Canines	Premolars	Molars	U and L	Total
Upper	2-2	1-1	2-2	3-3	16
Lower	2-2	1-1	3-3	3-3	18	=34

Doe Skull with Jaw Lateral View Height: 6" Width: 6" Length: 12" (Jaw Included)

Young Button Buck Skull Lateral View Height: 3" Width: 3" Length: 7"

Buck Skull Lateral View Height: 3.5" Width: 5" Length: 8"

Other Deer Skulls

Young Doe Skull Lateral View

Young Button Buck Skull #2 Lateral View

Doe Skull-Roadkill Lateral View

Roadkill Doe Skull Palet vs. Normal Doe Skull Palet, note the difference, caused by the vechical impact. Ventral View

Deer Skull with Cervical Vertibrae; this skull's antlers were removed, note the skull cut. Lateral View

Deer Shoulder Blade w/Arrow Head imbedded. This head did not actually kill the deer, after living with this as a permenant fixture in his blade for at least 2 years, this deer met his fate via an automobeil bumper.

Deer Shoulder Blade, another view.

Deer Shoulder Blade, another view.

Deer Shoulder Blade, another view.

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