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AMPHIBIANS:
Pac Man Frog
BIRDS:
Chickens
Cockatoo, Sulfer Crested
Chinese Geese
Ducks
Helmeted Guinea Fowl
Macaw, Blue & Yellow
Miniature Macaw
Parrot, Amazon
MAMMALS:
Black Bear
Bobcat
Capuchin, Black & White
Coati Mundis
Cougar
Deer, Fallow
Ferrets
Goat (Pygmy)
Hedgehog
Lemur, Ringtailed
Leopard, black
Liger
Lion (African)
Lion (Barbary)
Macaque, Java
Macaque, Snow
Marmoset
Pig
Sheep
Tiger (Bengal)
Tiger (Siberian)
Vervet
Wolves
Zebra
REPTILES:
Alligator
Anaconda
Bearded Dragon
Boa, Columbian
California King Snake
Corn Snake
Iguana
Lizard, African Plated
Python, Burmese
Python, Reticulated
Python, Royal
Skink, Blue Tongue
Tortoise, Spurred
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| Fallow
Deer |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
Length:
4-5 feet; shoulder height about 3 feet. Weight: 90-175 lbs. Has two
color phases: summer color acquired in May is bright fawn with white
spots above and whitish underparts; winter coat acquired in October
is grey-brown without spots. Tail is black on upper side and white
below. Antlers of the males are flattened and palmate with numerous
points. Have no upper canines. Fawns are spotted at birth.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL
RANGE AND HABITAT: |
Originally
ranged throughout the Mediterranean region of southern Europe and
Asia Minor; has been widely introduced and now found throughout western
Europe, western Ukraine, the Baltic countries, Great Britain, and
in a few areas of the U.S. Inhabits forests.
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| DIET: |
| Main
food is grasses; also likes acorns, horse-chestnuts, beech mast,
brambles, and other wild fruits. Browses on twigs of hardwood trees
and bushes.
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| LIFE
CYCLE/SOCIAL STRUCTURE: |
Fallow
deer live in herds, divided into two groups: (1)females and young;
and (2) males. Mating occurs in September to October. Bucks assemble
the does in groups and fight off rivals. Throughout mating season
bucks do a dance-like ritual and bellow deeply to attract the females.
Season lasts about 4 weeks. Gestation period is 230 days; usually
one fawn born in June or July. Fawn is suckled until the following
spring. Males develop a single unbranched antler in their second year,
and each succeeding year the antlers are larger and have more points
until the fifth or sixth year. Antlers are generally shed in April
and new ones are full grown and free of velvet in August. Life span
is about 15 years.
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| SPECIAL
ADAPTATIONS: |
| Keen
sense of sight; able to see a motionless person.
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| INTERPRETIVE
INFORMATION: |
| Among
those deer most commonly found in parks. The keeping and breeding
of fallow deer for centuries has produced animals that are white,
black, reddish, and "porcelain-colored". Herds have done
serious damage to forestry and agriculture so that control by shooting
is sometimes necessary.
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| STATUS
IN WILD: |
| Protected
in some Mid-Eastern regions.
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| Special
thanks to the Oakland Zoo website where most of this data was obtained.
Please visit them at http://www.oaklandzoo.org |
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