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Title: Wildlife: Large Animals


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Wildlife Large Animals
  • From foukeffa.org
  • Written by Diane Runde
  • Ag Student Texas AM

Modified by Georgia Agriculture Education
Curriculum Office To accompany the Georgia
Agriculture Education Curriculum Lesson
02421-7.3 July 2002
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White-tailed Deer
  • They vary in size, Raises tail, when in danger.
  • Found in swamps, forests, woods, and river
    bottoms.
  • They eat forbes, grasses, shrubs, and fungi.

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Mule Deer
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Elk
  • Massive antlers 6 or more points
  • Reddish-brown with dark brown neck
  • mountains,meadows,foothills
  • grass,forbs,bark and brush
  • carry 8.5 months
  • 8 to 14 yrs old

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Moose
  • Very large-hoofed mammal. Brown, 6 ft tall.
  • Lives in bogs and swamps.
  • Herbivores. Breeding in early fall. Twin calves.
  • 1000 lbs and massive antlers

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Caribou
  • Its a medium-sized member, brown with a white
    butt. Its 5.5 to 7.5 feet with a 5-inch tail.
    The bulls may weigh up to 300 lbs.
  • It lives in Canada and Alaska.
  • It eats grasses
  • It lives 6 to 8 years.

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Musk Ox
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Bison
  • Large hoofed mammal with a chocolate brown coat
    that is 10 feet long and 6 feet tall. They can
    weigh up to 900 lbs but some have been found
    larger. Live in North America and are herbivores.

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Pronghorn
  • Tan, with horns and white rump patch.
  • Live in prairies, plains, and adapt well.
  • Herbivores, eat sagebrush and grasses.
  • Breed in October and November and conceive 7 to 8
    months later.

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Big Horn Sheep
  • Description- Large curly horns, brown in color,
    weigh 250 lb.
  • Habitat- Mountains
  • Feeding Habits- Herbivores, graze in pastures
  • Life cycle- 12-14 years old, give birth to single
    lamb, breed in Nov. and Dec.

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Mountain Goat
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Mountain Lion
  • Large, long-tailed cat. Tan to grayish in color
  • Lives in forests, mountains and deserts
  • Feeds on smaller mammals and white-tailed deer

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Gray Wolf
  • Large dog-like predator, thick coat of fur,
    bushy tail male weighs about 100 to 150 lbs.
    Females slightly smaller. 3.5 to 5 ft. length 16
    in. tail
  • Live in open forests and tundras Minnesota,
    Michigan, Northern rocky states. Canada and
    Alaska strong holds.
  • Eat anything from mouse to moose occasionally
    eat ripe fruit and berries
  • Dominant male and female produce

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Black Bear
  • 5 to 6 feet, average weight 300 to 600 lbs.
  • Lives in swamps, bogs, forested areas and
    mountains.
  • Feed on insects and large mammals, berries
  • Life span in wild - 12 to 15 years.

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Grizzly Bear
  • Largest predator
  • Alaska, Yellowstone NP, Canada
  • 500-1000 lbs.
  • berries, fish, mammals
  • 20 to 30 yrs. Living
  • 1-4 cubs, avg. 2
  • born in Jan and Feb

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Polar Bear
  • Large white-yellowish color
  • 6.5-8ft long
  • weighs 600-800lbs
  • Lives on rock shores and ice floes in the islands
    of the Artic
  • Mate in June/July, average 2 cubs, give birth in
    Jan.
  • Carnivores seals, whales, walrus
  • Can live up to 20 years
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