Size: 4 to 5 feet at the shoulder Weight: 240 to 700 pounds Size relative to a 6-foot human: IUCN Red List Status: ? Vulnerable LC NT VU EN CR EW EX Least Concern Extinct Current Population Trend: Decreasing Large hoofed animals belonging to the deer family, caribou and reindeer...
Size: 4 to 5 feet at the shoulder Weight: 240 to 700 pounds Size relative to a 6-foot human: IUCN Red List Status: ? Vulnerable LC NT VU EN CR EW EX Least Concern Extinct Current Population Trend: Decreasing Large hoofed animals belonging to the deer family, caribou and reindeer...
First of all, how big is a caribou? Naturally, individual animals vary in weight. According to the information compiled by Edward A. Matunas, an average mature male caribou weighs about 240 pounds, while an average female weighs only about 150 pounds. A very large male might weigh 400 poun...
Both male and female caribou have antlers. The caribou is the only member of the deer family in which females have antlers, although they are not as large as those of the male. The male caribou has the largest antlers of any deer except for themoose. Antlers are used for defence against...
We studied scent marking by adult male caribou (Rangifer tarandus) during rut in September 1998 at the Large Animal Research Station in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. We used an experimental approach involving two captive groups of two males each to test for effects of social status, tree size, ...
There were no differences in the size of the caribou killed by professional and recreational hunters, but recreational hunters harvested a higher proportion of females and shot more caribou at the weekends than during the week. Hunters appeared to make consistent errors in ageing both male and ...
Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are involved in acquired immunity in vertebrates. Only a few studies have investigated the fitness consequences of MHC gene diversity in wild populations. Here, we looked at the association between annu
Size: Up to 5.9 to 6.8 feet (1.8 to 2.1 m) long Life span: Up to 15 or so years old Conservation status: Vulnerable A male's antlers can grow up to 51 inches (130 centimeters) long and weigh up to 33 pounds (15 kg), making them significantly bigger and heavier than a female...
If he were as large as an eagle, he'd eat anything, Can you image one quarter tail and three quarters sting? Marshes and wet spots are the scenes of his birth, At the size of an eagle, he'd conquer the earth. Flying Formation by Tom Dawes [537, 70] One morning, enroute to Da...
Full size image The Sitka black-tailed deer tissue was obtained from a hunter-harvested adult female from Kodiak Island. The hunter submitted a large hairless spherical mass 14 × 14.2 × 9.5 cm weighing 959 g that was covered with dark skin and had been located just to the right of the ...