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North Idaho Deer. Hooved Animals. Mule Deer . Odocoileus hemionus. Identification. Large “mule” like ears (where they get their name). Brownish Grey in color. Have a white rump patch. Small white tail with a black tip. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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North Idaho Deer
Hooved Animals
Odocoileus hemionus
Mule Deer
Large “mule” like ears (where they get their name).
Brownish Grey in color.
Have a white rump patch.
Small white tail with a black tip.
The antlers split off from the main branch forming two branches, each branch has 2 or more tines.
*Tine : The pointed branch of a deer's antler.
Identification
Height: 3 to 3.5 feet tall at the shoulder
Length: 4.5 to 7 feet long
Tail: 5 to 8 inches long
Weight: 130 to 280lbs
*Females are smaller than males
Size
Can be found throughout desert regions as
long as food supply and vegetation permits.
Move to higher elevation during summertime.
Move to lower elevation during wintertime.
Also found in mountain forests, wooded hills and chaparral.
*Chaparral: A dense thicket of bushes or small trees.
Habitat
Throughout the entire Western United States.
Range
Herbivores Eat a variety of vegetation.
Including : mesquite leaves, beans, fairy duster, jojoba, cat claw, buck bush and other shrubs and grasses.
Mule Deer have no upper teeth, just a hard pallet.
Diet
White Tail Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
Distinct, long “white tail”.
Smallest Members of the North American Deer.
Reddish brown coats in the summer.
Duller greyish brown in the winter.
Identification
Height: 3-31/2 ft. Length:
Weight:
Male- 75-400lbFemale- 50-250lb
Size
Forests
Swamps
Brushy Areas
Mountains in winter for protection.
Habitat
Southern Canada through United States
Except for most of California, Nevada, and Utah and south to Panama.
Range
Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
Black Tail Deer
Spring/summer: grasses and forbs
Fall: acorns, other mast items, and apples
Winter: twigs and buds from a wide variety of hardwood trees and leaves from conifer trees such as white pine and hemlock.
Diet
Large tail with black brown hairs “Black Tail”
Smaller than mule deer and white tail
Antlers similar to Mule Deer
Almost no rump patch
Identification
Males: weigh from 105 to 200 lb.
Females: weigh between 90 to 140 lb. Males :total length 58 inches- 36 inches high
at the shoulder- 6 1/2-inch tail 8-inch ears Females: total length- 54 inches - 36 inches
high at the shoulder -6 1/2-inch tail - 7 3/4-inch ear
Size
Old-growth forests are important for blacktails, as
the habitat provides shelter and forage, and also stops buildups of deep, heavy snow.
In the southern parts of their range, old growth is less important due to abundant open areas and milder climate. Blacktails are browsers in winter and early spring and then mix in grasses and a wide variety of herbs, as well as browse, in summer and fall.
Winter ranges are often shared with Roosevelt elk.
Habitat
Found in the Pacific Northwest, especially in
Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
Range
Tender grasses, new leaves, herbs and the tips
of branches during the spring and summer months. This is the key foraging time for building up essential fat for the fall rut and winter stress periods.
During winter: Douglas fir, trailing blackberry, salal branches, red huckleberry, Organ yew and western cedar.
Diet