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2. List of animals with horns or tusks - Wikipedia

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   True horns are found mainly among: Ruminant artiodactyls. Antilocapridae ; Bovidae (cattle, goats, antelopes etc.). Giraffidae: Giraffids have a pair of skin covered bony bumps on their heads, called ossicones. Cervidae: Most deer have antlers, which are not true horns due to lacking a bone core and made of keratin.

3. From Antlers to Ultraviolet Vision: 10 Amazing Reindeer Facts

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   Unlike horns which are more permanent, deer shed their antlers and grow new ones annually. Male reindeer, known as bulls, shed their antlers in November, just before Christmas, and grow them back ...

4. Reindeer Antlers: Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Male antlers grow more branching points and measure anywhere between 39 inches and 53 inches in beam length, whereas female antlers only measure about 20 inches and generally have a simpler structure.

5. When do deer shed their antlers and what's the best way to ...

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6. Antler - Wikipedia

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   In contrast to antlers, horns—found on pronghorns and bovids, such as sheep, goats, bison and cattle—are two-part structures that usually do not shed. A horn's interior of bone is covered by an exterior sheath made of keratin [7] (the same material as human fingernails and toenails). Antlers are usually found only on males.

7. Oryx - Wikipedia

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   The horns also make the animals a prized game trophy, which has led to the near-extinction of the two northern species. As an introduced species Between 1969 and 1977, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish in the US intentionally released 95 gemsbok into its state's White Sands Missile Range [ 16 ] and that population is now estimated ...

8. Horn (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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   A pair of horns on a male impala Anatomy of an animal's horn. A horn is a permanent pointed projection on the head of various animals that consists of a covering of keratin and other proteins surrounding a core of live bone. Horns are distinct from antlers, which are not permanent.

9. Huh? Do Female Reindeer Have Antlers? - AOL

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   female reindeer with antlers. It's always easy to tell bucks from does in many of the deer species, because bucks (male deer) have antlers and does (female deer) don't.