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Antler comes from the Old French antoillier (see present French : "Andouiller", from ant-, meaning before, oeil, meaning eye and-ier, a suffix indicating an action or state of being) [3] [4] possibly from some form of an unattested Latin word *anteocularis, "before the eye" [5] (and applied to the word for "branch" or "horn" [4]).
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.
Antlers, complex and unique weapons that are an extension of an animal's skull, are found among male deers, as well as female reindeers, ungulates who are even-toed ruminants. [6] Horns , permanent pointed projections consisting of a covering of keratin and other proteins surrounding a core of live bone , are found commonly among bovids , as ...
Most modern pecorans (with the exception of the Moschidae) have one of four types of cranial appendages: horns, antlers, ossicones, or pronghorns. [6] True horns have a bone core that is covered in a permanent sheath of keratin. They are indicative of Bovidae. Horns develop in the periosteum over the frontal bone, and can be curved or straight. [4]
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.
Like any museum objects, the handling of bone, antler, and horn should be conducted in a manner conducive to maintaining the health of the object. While these objects may be handled with clean, dry hands, body oils can stain their surface due to the porosity of these materials. This is especially noticeable on light-colored antler, horn, and bone.
The impala uses horns to compete for resources. In biology, a weapon is a specialized physical trait that is used by animals to compete with other individuals for resources. [1] Most commonly, the term refers to structures that males use to fight other males off for access to mates. [2]
Antlers are considered one of the most exaggerated cases of male secondary sexual traits in the animal kingdom, [63] and grow faster than any other mammal bone. [64] Growth occurs at the tip, initially as cartilage that is then mineralized to become bone. Once the antler has achieved its full size, the velvet is lost and the antler's bone dies.