#foryoumydeer

WEEK NINE Name: Pudu Scientific Name: Kuala Lumpur Habitat: South America Facts: World smallest deer! The stand 13” to 17” tall and are around 33” long. They are so small that owls are one of their biggest predator.

WEEK EIGHT Name: PIebald Fawn Scientific Name: None Habitat: N/A Facts: Piebald deer, like other piebald animals, have a malformation, usually genetic, in the pigment of their skin. Piebald shows up as white patches on the skin of the animal, sometimes making them completely white, other time making splotches like this fawn has. It can show up in most animals and does in humans as well. The underlying genetic cause is related to a condition called Leucism.

WEEK SEVEN Name: Indian Muntjac Scientific Name: Muntiacus Muntjak Habitat: Southern Asia Facts: Indian Muntjac is one out of eleven subspecies of Muntjac. It like its Kin have tusks and small antlers that grown from bony stocks that protrude above their foreheads. Muntjacs fight for territory and defend themselves not with their antlers but with their more dangerous tusks. They have even been know to fight off dogs and small predators, their small size does not keep them from being vicious.