@Sideshow, other way around. T for sika. I always remembered this because I worked for a Japanese company named Tachikawa which starts with T.
The portion of skull between sika antlers typically has sutures that form a T shape with the bottom of the T leading up over the center of the forehead to branch into the T between the antler pedicles. A hybrid red x sika deer in contrast forms a Y shape. This is just one of the indicators that can be used to try and determine the makeup of sika/sika cross.
https://www.wilddeer.net.au/2019/09/...murray-thomas/
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