Skeleton of the Deer

Description

"The bones in the extremities of this the fleetest of quadrupeds are inclined very obliquely towards each other, and towards the scapular and iliac bones. This arrangement increases the leverage of the muscular system and confers great rapidity on the moving parts."—Pettigrew, 1874

Keywords

animal, Bone, deer, mammal, movement, quadruped, skeleton

Galleries

Deer, Mammal Anatomy: Skeleton

Source:

Pettigrew, J. Bell Animal Locomotion (New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1874)

Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman