ANTLER ASYMMETRY IN A YEARLING RED DEER S TAG (CERVUS-ELAPHUS) WITH UNILATERAL DOUBLE-HEAD FORMATION

Authors
KIERDORF U KIERDORF H
Citation
U. Kierdorf et H. Kierdorf, ANTLER ASYMMETRY IN A YEARLING RED DEER S TAG (CERVUS-ELAPHUS) WITH UNILATERAL DOUBLE-HEAD FORMATION, Zeitschrift fur Jagdwissenschaft, 40(1), 1994, pp. 62-66
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Jagdwissenschaft → ACNP
ISSN journal
00442887
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
62 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-2887(1994)40:1<62:AAIAYR>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Presented are the asymmetric antlers of a 15 to 16 months old red deer stag. The right beam is a primary spike typical for yearling stags, w hereas a double-head structure has developed on the left side. It cons ists of a prematurely formed button antler and a subsequent antler gro wn simultaneously with the contralateral spike. Premature onset of ant ler formation on the left side in attributed to accidential mechanical traumatization of either antlerogenic periosteum or pedicle bone.