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Common Name

Mule Deer

Specimen Numbers

IMNH R-2093

Species

Species: hemionus

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae Subfamily: Capreolinae Genus: Odocoileus Species: hemionus 675

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	79.716	54.474	41.252
Cervical Vertebrae 3	81.133	76.658	67.617
Cervical Vertebrae Last	62.661	81.584	95.226
Thoracic Vertebrae 1	139.792	67.745	73.481
Thoracic Vertebrae Middle	118.728	51.256	87.351

Specimen Elements

City

Pocatello, Idaho USA

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Unknown Unknown

Collection

Marie Hopkins Comparative Osteology Collection

Sex

Male

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Idaho Museum of Natural History

Repositing City: Pocatello, Idaho USA

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements

Comments

Ross Park Zoo; 1/11/88: head still in freezer; healed fracture of the sacrum