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Key Deer Dilemma: Encroachment * - find out why this species of deer is at risk, from National Geographic. Key deer, only about two feet (0.6 meter) tall at the shoulder, occur only in the lower Florida Keys, and are a subspecies of the white-tailed deer. The remaining key deer (an estimat...
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Deer Tick Home Page * - Iowa State's Deer Tick Home Page Ixodes scapularis, the black-legged or deer tick, has four life stages. Shown here are the larva, nymph, and both adult sexes. Ixodes scapularis, the black-legged or deer tick, has four life stages. Shown here are the lar...
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Welcome to the Red Deer Public Library! * - Dawe Branch All about our branch at the Dawe Centre in North Red Deer: collections, programs, services, and people. Family Literacy Information about family literacy programs available through Red Deer Public Library. Library Clock ...
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Deer Tick * - Deer ticks are small, dark-colored ticks sometimes called seed ticks. Deer ticks feed mostly on deer, cattle, and other large animals, but they will feed on people when they get a chance.
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Key Deer Picture Gallery * - photos from the Florida Key Deer Research Page. Below are some pictures taken of Key deer. Click on thumbnail for larger picture. We hope you enjoy them! Number 5 is an adult female on No Name Key. This past spring, number 5 had a female fawn....
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White-tailed Deer - One of the most adaptable animals in the world, the white-tailed deer is found from near-arctic regions to the tropics. Its adaptability is reflected in its feeding habits: it browses and grazes on many kinds of grasses, weeds, shrubs, twigs, fungi, nuts...
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Animal Facts - Deer Mouse * - Like other small rodents that are heavily preyed upon, the deer mouse is quite secretive. It is primarily active at night when it emerges from its nest to feed on many types of seeds, berries, acorns, fruits, and even insects and other small invertebrate...
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Muntjac * - photo from the British Deer Society. Photograph by BeryI Buckingham. Reproduced by kind permission of the British Deer Society To go back to the previous page close the window
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Taiga Animals: Moose * - The largest of the deer, the moose is identified by its size, its broad, overhanging muzzle and the flap of skin, known as the bell, hanging from its throat. The massive antlers of the male are flattened and palmate, with numerous small branches. The moos...
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Elk - Cervus Elaphus * - Cervus elaphus The American elk was so named by early English settlers, but some people prefer to call it wapiti, its Shawnee name meaning “white rump.” This impressive-looking animal is second in size only to the moose in the deer family of mamma...
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