Caribou are seasonally migratory, going from their birthing grounds to their winter feeding grounds in the tundra and taiga.īoth male and female Caribou can grow antlers, although the antlers are typically larger on males. Their habitat consists of the tundra and the boreal woodlands, depending on the time of year. It ranges from Alaska through Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and then south through the Canadian Rockies. The Caribou, also known as the Reindeer, is native to the northern parts of North America.
If a doe doesn’t get pregnant, then they’ll try again the next month and fawns are born in the Spring. Their mating season begins in the fall and lasts for a period of a few days with males becoming more aggressive and competing for mates. The breeding cycle of the Mule Deer is an important part of understanding their behavior. Mule Deer are only found on the western Great Plains, in the Rocky Mountains,within the United States southwest, and on the West Coast of North America.
The Mule Deer is also known as the Black-tailed Deer, and it gets its name from its large ears that resemble that of a mule. Their coat changes from a reddish-brown in the spring to a gray-brown in the winter as a mild form of camouflage.
They will raise their tail and flash the white underside when it sees a predator, which acts as a way to let the predator know they’ve been spotted and their attack would be wasted. The Whitetail Deer gets its trademark name from the distinctive white underside of their tail. The Whitetail Deer is the most common to interact with around human activity. They’ve recently spread further North, as far as the Canadian Rockies, due to the conversion of land to agricultural use, which favors more deciduous vegetation for them. The state that homes the most Whitetail Deer is Texas, with over four million deer. It’s primarily distributed east of the Rocky Mountains and in most of Mexico. The Whitetail Deer, also known as the Virginia Deer, is the most widely distributed wild ungulate in North America. Weight: 150-300 pounds (weight & size can vary by location) Technically, there are 58 subspecies of the family in North America, but really only 6 species of true deer. The exact number of species is based on your definition of a deer. They’re the most hunted large animal on the continent, and there are many kinds of deer in North America that can be seen and appreciated. Deer are a staple animal in North America and are found in Mexico, Canada, and all spaces in between.
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