Quintuplet Fetuses from a White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) in Wisconsin

TIMOTHY R. VAN DEELEN; PATRICK KAISER; MICHEAL A. WATT; SCOTT R. CRAVEN

doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[398:QFFAWD]2.0.CO;2

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TIMOTHY R. VAN DEELEN,^1,* PATRICK KAISER,² MICHEAL A. WATT,³ SCOTT R. CRAVEN⁴

¹aDepartment of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706
²bWisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Poynette 53955
³cMadison Wisconsin 53706
⁴dDepartment of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706

^* Corresponding author

Abstract

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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TIMOTHY R. VAN DEELEN, PATRICK KAISER, MICHEAL A. WATT, and SCOTT R. CRAVEN "Quintuplet Fetuses from a White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) in Wisconsin," The American Midland Naturalist 157(2), 398-400, (1 April 2007). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[398:QFFAWD]2.0.CO;2

Received: 10 May 2006; Accepted: 1 August 2006; Published: 1 April 2007

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