Muntjacs: Tiny Cervids of Excess

People tend to think of deer as pretty uninteresting since we’re often used to seeing them traipsing around at the edges of agricultural fields or backyards. Yet even the common deer of our daily experience – in my neck of the woods, it’s Odocoileus virginiacus …

Things That I Posesss: Raccoon Skull (Procyon lotor)

Raccoons are one of my absolute favorite American mammals. They’re not just charismatic, as seen by their omnipresence in North American folklore, but also very intelligent (I’ve learned this the hard way), yet people seem not to be very interested in them whether because they’re …

Things that I Possess: Juvenile Deer Skull (Odocoileus virginianus, male)

What better way to kick off what will inevitably be a spottily updated blog than with a series of posts on my collection of various and beautiful things? Today’s subject is a slightly beat-up skull of a juvenile white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus. This skull is particularly interesting …