Deer wintering on the road

Another winter shot for Roadkill series..

An unfortunately more and more common sight on our roads. However I would like to correct you. It is not a deer , but some kind of carnivore. Possibly a wolf or dog (depending on where the photo was taken) or more likely a coyote. Probably a young animal given the whiteness of the incisors. I will post some of my roadkills too.Cheers, Tony

Nope it is a deer. You can see more shoot of the full body here.

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=599309

 

Young deer actually have canine teeth.

 

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/mammals/deerteth/basics.htm

 

 

wow, Ican't believe i got fooled. I was so sure it was a canid. I should have known better as a biologist and a roadkill investigator