the white-duster, or Virginia-stag (Odocoileus Virginia-no time) and the black-duster, or two approach mule-stag (Odocoileus hemionus) relatives types, that live in America and are close our deer, with which they are classed Trughirsche together as belonging to the subfamily.
White-duster-stag, Virginia-stag, of Odocoileus Virginia-no time) In its extended spread-area, the Virginia-stag forms numerous subtypes, that differ strongly particularly regarding its size. Most subtypes are small and live in central-America. The northern subtypes are bigger, and also southward the animals increase again in size.
The white-duster-stag has middle-high runs and is slim built. The tail is long and has a bushy Behaarung, its underside shines knows. A glandular-strip covered by tuft-hairs is at the rear-run. The summer-fur is tawny with darker back-middle, in the winter, the fur-color is dun.
The main-pole of the antlers is forward and indoors outside and behind and then bent with a close inflection with 2/3 of its length at first. Over the rose-sticks, a short inner-rung originates from as first. At the inflection of the pole, the longest rung branches off, it is directional upward. From the main-pole, 3 or 4 return-rungs still branch off.
Habitat The white-duster-stag lives in light forests and in not too steep mountain-situations. it turned into the Kulturfolger in the last decades, that into the farm-country and until advances into the outside-districts of the cities.
Way of life In the winter, the Virginia-stags meet in stoves to hundred. In the spring, the associations relax, and the pregnant females isolate themselves. In dependence on weather and food-offer, the animals hike wide routes. Under normal conditions, however, they hold on to its deuce. Where this game is undisturbed, it grazes not only in the twilight but also with day. White-duster-stags are schnellfüßig very much and agile. At the escape, they execute high jumps and show underside white through Hochbiegen of the tail of the shining one. This consequence-signal is so showy that this stag-type was named after it.
A troubled stag lets a snort heard. Furthermore, it sometimes gives wheezy sounds of itself. The cast-off calf reports through quiet bleating. Observers accentuate this stag-type's fine weather-fortune, they perceive the characteristic smell especially well. The eyesight is discontinued on movements so that motionless opponents are not recognized. The hearing is well developed.
Where they perform, becomes the Virginia-stags a number of enemies dangerous: Wolf, coyote, puma and in the south of the spread-area also the jaguar.
Reproduction The Tragzeit amounts to barely 7 months, then, 2 calves were born normally. These served Walt Disney as model for its figure "Bambi." The white stain-drawing vanishes optically in the surroundings (Somatolyse). The young calves are set aside from the hind under grass, shrubbery or other coverage.
The Brunft begins in North America's east in November. The antlerses of the rivals sometimes get caught with the Brunftkämpfen. It is reported that the antlerses become wedged in exceptions so, that the fighters can separate no more and perish.
Food The Virginia-stag is similarly choosy in its claims at the Äsung like the deer. Tender grass, it picks up foliage, bark, fruits and nuts according to season. Of course, it doesn't spare also the arable lands of the farmers unfortunately.
Conservation Still in the first decade of the 20. Nature-friends complained century about the enormous decline of the white-duster-stag through excessive Bejagung. In several states of the USA, this stag already was out wiped. Strict protection-regulations, a well oversaw hunt and the adaptation of the Virginia-stag to the culture-landscape led to a thorough recuperation of the continuance in North America.
Black-duster-stag, mule-stag, big-ear-stag (Odocoileus hemionus)) The black-duster-stag is more massive than the Virginia-stag. it has big, densely hairy ears, the tail is middle-long without bushy Behaarung at the underside.
The antlers has a small inner-rung over the rose-pieces. The remaining rungs point to the front, each vergabelt itself zweiästig (dichotom).
The fur-color is sallow in the summer - or reddish-brown, in the winter brown-gray. The tail has a black top or is black as far as to the top, therefore the name "Black-duster-stag", from the root.
Habitat The black-duster-stag is an animal of the mountains with rocky-stony underground. In the south of its spread-area, it goes also in the desert. Dense forests are avoided. The black-duster-stag prefers clearings with many cover-possibilities. In large sharing of its spread-area, needle-groves predominate. The subtype from the area of the Pacific-coast deviates in its ecological claims, it visits exactly the densest forests. In the winter, the animals move into the deeper mountain-situations. In contrast to the Virginia-stag, the mule-stag is a Kulturflüchter.
Way of life If the large herds dissolve at the end of the winter, some young from the previous years remains with the adult females and moves into its summer-deuce with them where the calves are placed. The stags form herds of 3 to 4 animals meanwhile or it but itself individually from. In the autumn, Brunftrudel with a place-stag and 10-12 females meet.
Enemies of the black-duster-stag are wolves and pumas. The escaping animals don't lift the tail like the white-duster-stag. So, one can recognize the black tail-top in the middle of the mirror. At the escape, the black-duster-stag executes high jumps.
Reproduction The Brunft lasts from middle October to middle of December. The Brunftrudel is mastered by a stag, that doesn't tolerate any rivals in its proximity. However, it doesn't heed low bucks.
2 usually become after 190-210 days of Tragzeit, sometimes also 3 calves placed. The alto-animal sets aside the boys in a coverage in the first life-weeks.
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