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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLNH:1967.1.3 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name fallow deer, deer, skull, antlers Description This is the skull of a male European Fallow deer. Fallow deer were first brought to Britain from the western Mediterranean during the Roman period. Naturalised fallow deer living in Britain today are descended from those reintroduced in the medieval period from the eastern Mediterranean. Kept in deer parks as a source of venison, their popularity declined in the 1400s with escapees starting the population living wild in Britain today. Subject Zoology, Animals, Mammals Dimensions skull height: 550.00 mm skull width: 590.00 mm skull depth: 260.00 mm Scientific name (Common Name) Dama dama (Fallow Deer) Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLNH:1967.1.3
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

fallow deer, deer, skull, antlers
Description

This is the skull of a male European Fallow deer. Fallow deer were first brought to Britain from the western Mediterranean during the Roman period. Naturalised fallow deer living in Britain today are descended from those reintroduced in the medieval period from the eastern Mediterranean. Kept in deer parks as a source of venison, their popularity declined in the 1400s with escapees starting the population living wild in Britain today.
Subject

Zoology, Animals, Mammals
Dimensions
Scientific name (Common Name)

Dama dama (Fallow Deer)
Location

In Store

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