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White-tailed Deer Skull

Odocoileus virginianus

Description:

I am not really into bones, but I thought it was interesting Deer Skull

Habitat:

Woods in the Poconos

Notes:

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5 Comments

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 12 years ago

Please consider adding this picture to the "Identifying Animals Through Osteology" Mission! http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8475...

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 12 years ago

I was hoping they were dinosaur bones. HA!

textless
textless 12 years ago

Interesting!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 12 years ago

Thanks! :)

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Actually you have 2 spottings here, even though the same species -- I am assuming they are not elk remains but the white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus. Spottings represent an individual(s) of a species at a single location (usually at the same time).

Carol Snow Milne
Spotted by
Carol Snow Milne

Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Aug 20, 2011
Submitted on Nov 12, 2011

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