The roe deer is relatively small, reddish and greybrown, and welladapted to cold environments. On, edit images, videos and 360 photos in one place. Deer have long had economic significance to humans. Taxonomists scientists who clasantler size and shape vary among species. The tuft is darker in color than the rest of its body and is blackish brown. The tufted deer gets its name from the darker, blackishbrown tuft on top of its head. The tufted deer belongs to the elaphodus genus, and it is restricted to habitats only up to 4,500 meters above sea level. So many deer are being killed in auto mobile accidents and we are the only ones who can stop this. It was so incredible getting to see this kind of deer in person because of its fangs. Drizzle lake and its inlet stream contain populations of the threespined stickleback fish that are of great scientific interest.
Tufted deer are a small deer characterized by their distinctive tuft of black hair on their forehead. Tufted deer elaphodus cephalophus, an artiodactyl ruminant of the family cervidae. Tufted deer are masters at fleeing with a hair to spare. Myanmar skull length 181202 mm, and those from the coastal mountains of e china skull length 171181 mm. Western tufted deer elaphodus cephalophus cephalophus order. In western north america tufted hairgrass may dominate plant communities above treeline. Their coat is brown on the back and pale on their underside with a bright white flash of fur under their. Yangtze river, an insignificant genetic boundary in tufted.
The text of this page is licensed under the creative commons attributionnoncommercial license version 3. Programs have been initiated to allow hunters on private. General research division, the new york public library. Western tufted deer elaphodus cephalophus cephalophus. The tufted deer elaphodus cephalophus is a native species to central and southwest china fig. Musk deer look very much like true deer, and they were once included within the deer family cervidae. There are several interesting and distinguishing facts about the tufted deer as described below.
Tufted deer are a species of small mammal, native to the mountainous forests of southern to central parts of china in asia, and they are also thought to exist in northern parts of myanmar. Below is a drawn picture of a tufted deer and its habitat. When using this list, keep in mind that the appetite of deer for a particular plant is affected by the availability of other plants. The yangtze river, the third largest river in the world, flows from west to east before entering the east china. Wildscreens arkive project was launched in 2003 and grew to become the worlds biggest encyclopaedia of life on earth. It inhabits mountainous terrain with good cover sheng et al. One of the worlds most unusual varieties of deer is the western chinese tufted deer, which jon wesley conley and his family raise on their tennessee game farm.
Elaphodus cephalophus milneedwards, 1872 tufted deer is usually considered polytypic with 3 or 4 recognized subspecies, depending on the source. Pdf yangtze river, an insignificant genetic boundary in tufted. Its characterized by its oversized canines which give it the appearance of a. The tufted deer s body has a deep chocolate brown coloration on the.
The two main animals they need to be cautious of are leopards and of course, humans. Cervidae muntiacinae 1 general zoological data this is the only member of the genus elaphodus, a species from southern china and burma. The tufted deer is a crepuscular animal, most active at dawn and dusk. However, a female tufted deer at the twycross zoo in the united kingdom gave birth after an average gestation period of 240 days over the course of 5 years. Western tufted deer sunset zoo, ks official website. The tufted deer gets its name from the long, blackish brown. If food is scarce, deer will eat plants that are otherwise deerproof. Wild turkeys are now established in numbers that allow hunt ing in every county in kentucky. In this quick tutorial youll learn how to draw a tufted deer in just a few quick steps, but first the tufted deer is a member of the mammal group and the scientific term for them is elaphodus cephalophus. This is a pdf file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. The males antlers are small spikes, which rarely protrude beyond the tuft of hair. We conducted our field survey in western qinling mountains and ex trapolate the results to the. Tufted deer definition is a deer of the genus elaphodus related to the muntjacs but having minute antlers that are largely concealed by a frontal tuft of long coarse hair. It occurs along moisture gradients from the middle of lee slopes with early melting snowdrifts to the bottoms of lee slopes with.
The tufted deer elaphodus cephalophus is listed as near threatened on the international union for conservation of nature red list. In this study, we report for the first time, characterization of male reproductive traits and cryopreservation of semen in this species. The benefit of the fangs are they can be used for fighting during the mating season. Deer and plants long life maker timber is a major resource of the coastal western hemlock zone. The antlers are short and sometimes almost concealed by a frontal tuft of long hairs. Tufted deer can live as long as 10 12 years in the wild. Gets its name from the distinctive tuft of hair see on the top of its head. With the help of over 7,000 of the worlds best wildlife filmmakers and photographers, conservationists and scientists, featured multimedia factfiles for more than 16,000 endangered species. Tufted deer are solitary animals but they do live in small groups. More than 40 different bird species eat these seeds. The yangtze river, the third largest river in the world.
Yangtze river, an insignificant genetic boundary in tufted deer. Tufted deer have no upper incisors, but their upper canines are long and tusklike, similar to those of the muntjac. Tufted deer definition of tufted deer by merriamwebster. This species derives its name from the long and condensed portion of hair on the top. Coats are short and dense with spiky hairs, giving the tufted deer a shaggy appearance. When a tufted deer fawn is born, its coloration is similar to that of an adult tufted deer, but with two parallel rows. April 2016 to see more from my trip, visit my professional facebook page. It closely resembles the muntjacs in many ways according to nowak 1999 and other authorities.
Tufted deer article about tufted deer by the free dictionary. Body is chocolate brown with a white belly and gray and white head and neck. Utilization by deer, elk, pronghorn, bison, bear, horses, and rabbits is variable. Usually, the female tufted deer have only one or two fawns at a time, between april and july each year. Elk, missing from kentucky for 150 years, have been reintro duced into southeast kentucky, and the number of hunting permits is going up. Blackoil sunflower house finch, house sparrow, whitethroated sparrow, whitebreasted nuthatch, redbreasted nuthatch, darkeyed junco, american goldfinch, cardinal, blue jay, mourning dove, tufted titmouse, blackcapped chickadee, evening grosbeak, red poll, pine siskin, purple finch and others. Elaphodus cephalophus tufted deer animal diversity web. Also, even though they are suffering from habitat loss they are still not considered endangered which is great. Tufted deer usually give birth to one or two fawns per year. The tufted deer is a rare, small species of deer found in china. Even though the tufted deer has tusks that would make a wooly mammoth envious okay, maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration they still need to worry about predators.
However, the deers most striking feature may be the males fanglike canines. The male of the species is sometimes referred to as a roebuck. It is the only living mammal that belongs to genus elaphodus and has not been studied widely since it lives at high altitudes. It is a small dark chocolatebrown deer typified by a tuft of hair on its crown, sharp upper canines that protrude downward from under the upper lip, and rudimentary antlers on males. Tufted deer elaphodus cephalophus cincinnati zoo cincinnati, oh, usa. The tufted deer elaphodus cephalophus is a native species to. The tail flops down with every catlike bounce, making the deers progress difficult to follow.
Two species of amphibians, the native western toad and introduced pacific treefrog, are also present. In the united states, it is produced in small amounts compared to beef but still. Left, brocket deer, like pudu and tufted deer, have short, spike antlers. Morphologically, the tufted deer is a small deer, and all four subspecies e cephalophus cephalophus, e cephalophus michianus, e cephalophus ichangensis, and e cephalophus forciensus inhabit large areas of southern china and some areas in. Tufted deer mate in late fall and early winter, the young are born in the early summer after a gestation of 180 days.
They originate in the remote sechuan mountains in china, the same place as the giant panda. They are a small deer species and the males have prominent, tusklike, canines in the upper jaw. Fascinate your public with this adorable small deer that has long, fanglike upper canines. Prefer high damp forests and to be close to water range in the wild. The tufted deer is a timid animal, mainly solitary or found in pairs.
The tufted deer elaphodus cephalophus is a small species of deer characterized by a prominent tuft of black hair on its forehead and fanglike canines for the. Elaphodus cephalophus the tufted deer gets its name from the long, blackishbrown hair growing from its forehead. Deer meat, known as venison, is highly nutritious and beneficial for human consumption. The european roe deer capreolus capreolus, also known as the western roe deer, chevreuil, or simply roe deer or roe, is a species of deer. The tufted deer gets its name from the long, blackishbrown. Usda nrcs california state office and lockeford plant materials center, california uses prior to maturity, western needlegrass is considered good forage for cattle, horses, sheep and deer. Reproductive seasonality and sperm cryopreservation in the. Likewise, cover and food values are rated poor to good for small mammals, upland game birds, songbirds, and waterfowl depending on wildlife species and location. Peppa pig official channel new season peppa pig uses a metal detector to find georges key duration. However, the deer s most striking feature may be the males fanglike canines. Similar to a whitetailed deer, the tufted deer has a white underside to its tail, which it raises when feeding or running. Comm0n birds of ohio cd guidebook division of wildlife. Reproductive seasonality and sperm cryopreservation in the male tufted deer.
When fleeing, the tufted deer holds its tail up revealing the white underside, much like the whitetailed deer. Common name western tufted deer rp number 15021 stain pope animal picture head length 7. Western tufted deer san diego zoo institute for conservation. The tufted deer is a small deer, listed as near threatened on the international union for conservation of nature red list, and there is no information on the fundamental reproductive biology of this species. Pdf reproductive seasonality and sperm cryopreservation. Note that images and other media featured on this page are each governed by their own license, and they may or. Rare, fangtastic tufted deer shocks with its huge canines. Michies tufted deer are a subspecies of tufted deer native to a small area of southeastern china.
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