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Title: Whitetailed Deer


1
White-tailed Deer
  • By
  • Jessica Snickles
  • November 2007

2
Life Cycle
  • Mates in late fall
  • Return to mountains to give birth
  • Choose hidden area to give birth
  • Fawn born in spring
  • First time one fawn
  • After could have twins
  • white tailed deer live 10 to 20 years in wild
  • Only 3 to 7 years in zoo

3
Habitat/Shelter
  • United States, Southern Canada
  • Mexico, Central America
  • Deserts, swamps, forests
  • Farmlands
  • Prairies
  • Prefers area next to rivers
  • No permanent homes
  • Roams in an area called home range
  • Roams until it finds a good place

4
Diet
  • Herbivore
  • Bushes
  • Grass
  • Plants with woody stems
  • Tree buds
  • Leaves
  • Twigs
  • Gets on hind legs and reaches for food
  • Drinks mothers milk (colostrum)

5
Adaptations
  • Sees in black and white
  • Has four chamber in stomach, sharp hearing, sharp
    sense of smell
  • Uses speed to escapes predators runs up to 30-40
    miles per hour
  • Detects movement, stands still, looks and listens
  • White tail, reddish-brown fur, white underside
  • Stomps hooves and snorts when it is alarmed to
    warn others
  • When a mother is running the white under side
    helps fawns follow

6
Fun and Unusual Facts
  • Knows 12 to 24 hours before storm comes
  • Predators are coyotes, lynx, wolves
  • Mom separates twin fawns
  • Nests alone in quiet place
  • Deer carries ticks of lyme disease
  • Deer cause many traffic accidents
  • Sometimes a bobcat or coyote will kill the young
  • Dogs and people are predators
  • Limit hunting be cautious when driving

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Works Cited
  • Nature Works http//nbptv.org
  • White-Tailed Deer Zwaschka
  • World Book 2006
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