### animal | vertebrate | mammal | ungulate | deer:

Whitetail
* All whitetails possess specialized forehead skin glands that become increasingly active in autumn.
* are cagey and best hunted from tree stands
  - crepuscular, being most active in early morning and evening
  - extremely skittish, a characteristic common to prey species large and small
  - hiders
  - polygamous animals
  - primarily browsers and eat a tremendous variety of plants throughout their range
  - the number one game animal in the United States
* are, after all, the state's premier big game animal.
* average roughly six to ten lbs.
* breed once a year, with the mating season taking place in autumn.
* can survive for a long time without water if their food has a high water content.
* communicate with vocalizations and scents.
  - hunting on as many properties the deer hunter desires to hunt
* does are painstakingly careful to keep their offspring hidden from predators
  - give birth to anywhere from one to six fawns each spring
* eat a variety of herbaceous and woody plants.
* give birth to about equal numbers of buck and doe fawns.
* have antlers
  - four sets of external glands that are used primarily for communication
  - two coats each year
* like to live in the woods, dry or swampy, and the borders of woods.
* react differently in cold weather no matter where they live.
* rely on subclimax stands to provide hiding cover and adequate forage.
* require an abundant food supply consisting mainly of forbs and grasses.
* tend to be larger in the northern states.

### animal | vertebrate | mammal | ungulate | deer:

Whitetail deer
* are abundant in the magnificent state forests
  - abundant, and armadillo are present
  - creatures of habit
  - perhaps the most hunted big game animal in North America
  - plentiful on the islands
* are the major host of the lone star ticks
  - most abundant large game species in North America
* are the most nervous and shy of the deer in Washington
  - or our deer
  - very common
* browse the twigs and young foliage
  - young growth
* have a home range, usually one square mile
  - no such luxuries
* occupy a variety of habitats from forests to fields and swamps.

Young deer
* are called fawns or calfs
  - just as likely to roam or stay at home as are old deer
* begin foraging on plants within a month and are completely weaned in three months.

### animal | vertebrate | mammal | ungulate:

Gaur
* Some gaurs belong to families
  - consume plants
  - eat bark
* Some gaurs feed on corn
  - crop corn
  - graze on grass
* Some gaurs have few natural enemies
  - height
  - humps
  - shoulder humps
* are able to finally reintegrate their former habitats
  - found throughout southern Asia
  - huge ox-like animals from Asia that are highly endangered
  - mammals
  - sexually dimorphic
* generally keep to themselves and are shy and elusive animals.
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cannon bones
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - heads
  - hip sockets
  - hoofs
  - nuclei
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - second stomachs
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
* live in herds led by a single adult male