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Wind Cave National Park
Mule Deer
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Class
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Mammalia |
| Order |
Artiodactyla (even-toed hoofed mammals) |
| Family |
Cervidae (deer family). Hoofed with antlers, which are shed each year. Same family as moose and caribou. Chew cud. |
| Genus |
Odocoileus |
| Species |
hemionus |
Name/
History |
The name comes from the large ear size. |
Size
Weight (lbs) |
Male
125-400
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Female
100-150
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Fawn/Kid
8.3
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| Height (ft) |
3-3.5
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2.5-3
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1.5
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| Mate |
October-December, males become highly aggressive |
| Gestation |
7 months |
| Birth |
June/July fawns spotted and walk soon after birth |
| # young |
Usually 2 after first |
| Age |
16 years in the wild; 25 years in captivity |
Habitat/
Range |
Coniferous forest, desert shrub, grasslands. East from Oregon to the Dakotas, Canada south to northern Mexico.
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| Food |
Browse, grass, herbs |
| Enemies |
Coyotes, bobcats |
| Disease |
Chronic Wasting Disease, Epizootic Hemmoragic Disease |
| Communication |
Fawns rarely bleat, bucks grunt. Use whistling snorts of alarm or bleat to a bark if distressed.
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Behavior/
Characteristics |
Not highly gregarious or strictly solitary. Tend to be creatures of habit.
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| |  | | Did You Know?
Lewis and Clark, while on their journey up the Missouri River in 1804, noted that this "wild dog of the prairie...appears here in infinite numbers."
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Last Updated: August 24, 2007 at 13:36 MST |
