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PAGE INDEX 1. Lateral view, male 2. Lateral view, male 3. Antler 4. Details | Very variable deer, with many subspecies and capable of interbreeding with Red Deer. The variablility is emphasised by these two specimens, with their different relative length of rostrum. |
TAXONOMY
Order - Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed)
Suborder - Ruminantia ("cud-chewers")
Family - Cervidae (deer) |
Dental Formula : 0.1.3.3 / 3.1.3.3 - Lower canine incisiform.
 | 1. Sika Deer skull, male, lateral view. Missing incisors and canine. |  |
 | 2. Sika Deer skull, male, lateral view. 3. Antler of this male. |
| Details of Specimens Illustrated |
- Image 1
- Sika Deer Cervus nippon
- Sex - male
- Stage - adult
- Area collected - Lancashire
- Source - Courtesy of Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle
- Measurements
Condylobasal length 235mm Zygomatic width 110mm Jaw length 188mm Interorbital width 75mm - Sex - male
- Image 2 & 3
- Sika Deer Cervus nippon
- Sex - male
- Stage - adult
- Area collected - USA
- Source - Courtesy of Joey Williams
- Measurements
Overall length 269mm Overall width 122mm Scientific Name : Cervus - Latin word for a deer;
Scientific Name : nippon - Japanese word for Japan.- Web Links
- Aging Deer from Their Teeth
- Sex - male