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Accession Number 984.2.1 Scientific Name Odocoileus hemionus View Taxonomy Details » Common Name Mule Deer Class Mammalia Collected By Alberta Fish and Wildlife Date Collected 1982-05-06; Spring Place Collected North America: Canada, Alberta, Red Deer Age 10 years + Age Remarks Very old animal. Sex female Sex Remarks Carrying foetus when it died. Foetus skeleton housed at ASA-PMA Missing Elements caudal vertebrae Damaged Elements L. tibia and 3rd cervical Measurements Total length: 162 cm; weight: 47.62 kg Pathology Extensive tooth wear and maxillary AMTL. 3 joint areas: left knee, lower verts., and upper sternocostal display varying degrees of bone hypertrophy and porosity, and L.S1 facet shows eburnation.