Published accounts of fetal rates in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus (Boddaert)) indicate that litter sizes vary from one to three fawns per female deer per year and that variation is associated positively with nutrition. We report on a female deer from agricultural habitat that was carrying five fetuses (one female, four male) when it was shot on 26 Jan. 2006. The mean fetal length suggested a gestational age of 75 d. One male fetus was substantially underweight with respect to the others despite equivalent length and head measurements.
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1 April 2007
Quintuplet Fetuses from a White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) in Wisconsin
TIMOTHY R. VAN DEELEN,
PATRICK KAISER,
MICHEAL A. WATT,
SCOTT R. CRAVEN
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The American Midland Naturalist
Vol. 157 • No. 2
April 2007
Vol. 157 • No. 2
April 2007