WhiteTailed Deer

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White-Tailed Deer

• By
• Antonio Villani
• October 2008

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Life Cycle

• Mates once
• Doesnt have a nest
• Born in spring
• Feeds self at 12 weeks old
• Female fawns stay for 2 yr.
• Male fawns stay for 1 yr.
• Life span 10-20 yr.

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Habitat/Shelter

• Northern Canada, North America, Peru
• Farmland, forests, grassy land
• Favorite riparian green land along water
• Makes spot in grass
• Hide from predators

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Diet

• Twigs of bushes
• Fruit, acorns, mushrooms
• Stays where there is food in winter
• Eats at dawn and dusk
• Fawn drinks moms milk until 10-12 weeks old

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Adaptations

• Babies have white spots
• Uses antlers to fight
• Signals danger with tail
• Male deer reddish-brown in summer
• Gray in winter
• Tail brown on top and white underneath

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Fun Unusual Facts

• Also called Virgina deer
• Deer rank among the most widespread large mammals
  on earth

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Works Cited

• NatureWorks. Update N/A. New Hampshire Public
  Television. 30 Sept. 2008. lthttp//www.nhptv.org/
  natureworks/nw4.htmgt.
• Patent, Dorothy H. White Tailed Deer.
  Minneapolis, MN Lerner, 2005.
• White-Tailed Deer. World Book. 2006. 2006.