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PAGE INDEX 1. Male, lateral view 2. Female, lateral view 3. Detail of antler 4. Details 5. Web Links |
Originally from south eastern Europe, fallow have been introduced and naturalised all over the world. The only British deer with palmate antlers. Skull length in Fallows covers approximately the same range as Sika Deer. |
TAXONOMY
Order - Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed)
Suborder - Ruminantia ("cud-chewers")
Family - Cervidae (deer) |
Dental Formula : 0.0.3.3 / 3.1.3.3 - Upper canines may be present, lower canines incisiform.
 | 1. Fallow Deer skull, male, lateral view. 3. Right-hand image - Palmate antler of this adult male. |  |
 | 2. Fallow Deer skull, female, lateral view. |
| Details of Specimens Illustrated |
- Image 1
- Fallow Deer Dama dama
- Sex - male
- Stage - adult
- Source - Courtesy of Joey Williams
- Measurements
Overall length 278mm Overall width 136mm - Sex - male
- Image 2
- Fallow Deer Dama dama
- Sex - female
- Stage - adult
- Source - Courtesy of Joey Williams
- Measurements
Overall length 241mm Overall width 102mm Scientific Name : Dama - General name for deer in latin.
- Sex - female
- Web Links
- Aging Deer from Their Teeth