MULE DEERBy

Mayana Gibbs

Description

A Mule deer has light tan fur and is about 3 feet tall. They have large ears, and their ears are usually bigger than their tails, wow! They have a beautiful white tail.The under parts of the body, tail, and the fur coat.help a mule deer survives in the winter.The mule deer can sometimes match the meadows, the forests, and mountains. The Mule deer can weigh up to 175-200 pounds, wow! A Mule deer is mammal.

Habitat

A mule deer builds its home on shrub lands, broken terrain, and other places in the wild.

A mule deer uses sticks and grass to build its home. Mule deer live in forests and fields too. A mule deer can eat other things but it mostly eats grass.

Diet

A mule deer eats grass and vegetables. A mule deer gathers its food by grazing. The mule deer can eat when ever it feels like it. A mule deer usually eats in the morning, afternoon, and sometimes night. A mule deer gets its food by its teeth and neck.

Life cycle

A mule deer can live up to 50 years. A mule deer usually can have a baby in a year but 2 is very rare. The gestation length of a mule deer is 190-200 days. The mule deer cares for their young by nursing, grooming, and keeping it out of sight by tall grasses. A baby is about 3 feet tall, big ears, and medium tail. The mule deer as an a adult is about 5 feet tall and have huge ears and medium feet and big tail.

Other interesting facts

Mule deer have “Y” shaped antlers, and their nickname is “High jumper.” Some baby mule deer are 150 pounds. Their rusty yellow fur turns to brownish gray in the winter.

Bibliography Chinery, Michael. Encyclopedia of

Animals. Danbury, CT: Grolier Eductional Corporation, 1992.

Taylor, Mary. Colorado Criters. Denver, CO: Denver Museum, 2000.