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Fecal pellet measurements of manipur brow‐antlered deer with respect to sex and age classes
Author(s) -
Khan Imran,
Goyal S. P.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
zoo biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1098-2361
pISSN - 0733-3188
DOI - 10.1002/zoo.1430120607
Subject(s) - biology , pellet , feces , zoology , pellets , demography , ecology , paleontology , sociology
Measurements were made of fecal pellets for captive brow‐antlered deer ( Cervus eldi eldi ) from different age and sex classes. Pellet measurements increased linearly with increases in age, except for length and width measurements in males. Differences in dimensions were statistically significant between sexes and among some age classes. This procedure may be useful in differentiating between the sexes, and to some extent between ages, of wild‐living individuals. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.