| Animals
at Majestic World |
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| Rocky
Mountain Elk |
| Class |
Order |
Family |
Genus |
Species |
Sub
Species |
| Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Cervidae |
Cervus |
Elaphus |
Nelsoni |
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Life
Span...18 to 22 years
Bull
Weight ...600 to 1100 lbs. Average 700 lbs
Cow
Weight...450 to 650 lbs. Average 500 lbs.
Newborn
Weight...20 to 45 lbs Average 30 lbs
Also
Called...Yellowstone Elk, Wapiti
Originally
from Eurasia (before the Ice Age)
Recognized
as a Trophy Animal by Safari Club International (SCI). |
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antlers drop in March or early April. They start to reappear in
early April. They grow about 1/2" a day. |
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| Red
Deer or Red Stag |
| Class |
Order |
Family |
Genus |
Species |
Sub
Species |
| Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Cervidae |
Cervus |
Elaphus |
Elaphus |
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Life
Span...15 to 25 years
Bull
(Stag) Weight...300-650 lbs
Female
(Hind) Weight...120-350lbs.
Stags
Also Called...Hart Royals, Staggarts (4 yr old), Scandinavian Red
Deer.
Featured
on the Irish Pound Coin
Recognized
as a Trophy Animal by SCI |
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| Fallow
Deer |
| Class |
Order |
Family |
Genus |
Species |
Sub
Species |
| Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Cervidae |
Dama |
Dama |
Dama |
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Life
Span...11-15 yrs. Maximum Record 25yrs
Buck
Weight...174 to 230 lbs.
Doe
Weight...79 to 100 lbs.
Newborn
Weight...10 lbs
Also
Called...Gafrdanos (Welsh for Danish Goat)
Most
Widely distributed Deer Species in the United Kingdom.. |
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| White-Tailed
Deer |
| Class |
Order |
Family |
Genus |
Species |
Sub
Species |
| Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Cervidae |
Odocoileinae |
Virginianus |
Borealis |
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Life
Span...Up to 10yr in the wild (Average 2 yrs). In Captivity 20yrs.
Weigh...125
to 300 lbs.
Fawns
Born...1 to 3
Loses
Velvet...August and September
A White
tail is a ruminant. Its stomach has 4 chambers for digesting food. |
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| Buffalo
or Bison |
| Class |
Order |
Family |
Genus |
Species |
Sub
Species |
| Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Bovidae |
Bison |
Bison |
Bison |
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Weight...800
to 2000 lbs.
Life
Span...15 to 20 years. May live to 30.
Calves
Born...1
Largest terrestrial
animal in North America.
Buffalos
are very good swimmers.
By 1900
only 1000 Buffalo remained in the USA. now there are over 30,000.
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| Promo
Elk |
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The Promo Elk is not a pure breed Rocky Mountain Elk. It has some
Red Stag blood in it. It is a specialty of Majestic World. |
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| Extinct
Relatives of our Animals |
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| Irish
Elk |
| Class |
Order |
Family |
Genus |
Species |
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| Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Cervidae |
Megaloceros |
Giganteus |
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Not
an Elk but related to the Fallow
Largest
known antlers of any Cervid. Antlers have been found with a distance
of 13 ft. tip to tip
Died off
about 10,000 years ago.
Was not
exclusively native to Ireland, but named due to large amount of
skeletons found in Irish bogs. |
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| Eastern
Elk |
| Class |
Order |
Family |
Genus |
Species |
Sub
Species |
| Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Cervidae |
Cervus |
Elaphus |
Canadensis |
| Once
lived in Ontario, southern Quebec, and over much of the eastern
United States including Pennsylvania, but excluding New England and
Florida. |
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| Long
Horned Bison |
| Class |
Order |
Family |
Genus |
Species |
Sub
Species |
| Mammalia |
Artiodactyla |
Bovidae |
Bison |
Bison |
Latifrons |
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