Polydactylism in a white-tailed deer from eastern Ontario.
A polydactylous right front foot was collected from a white -tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn in eastern Ontario, Canada. We determined by gross visual and radiographic examinations that the polydactylous foot had a complete extra digit in the position of the ancestral 1st digit. This is the first documented account of a perfect polydactylous condition in a North American cervid.
Miller
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Canadian Wildlife Service Eastern Region Highway 31 Ottawa 1, Ontario, Canada.
Cawley
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D000818:Animals; D003670:Deer / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D005552:Forelimb / Q000002:abnormalities; D006724:Hoof and Claw / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009864:Ontario