Range Map of Fawns
Quick Facts
Type:
Mammal
Diet:
Herbivore
Weight:
5 to 8 lbs when born
Group name:
Herd
Did you know?
Fawns have approximately 300 spots!
Tracking
Life Cycle of White-Tailed Deer
Fawns
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- are baby deer
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- are usually born in May or June
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- are about 5lbs when they are born
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- are born with four baby teeth
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- lose their white spots at around five months old
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- may nurse from their mothers for as long as six months, but sometimes they can be weened as young as eight weeks
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- typically can stand and nurse within 30 minutes after being born
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- can outrun most danger at the age of 3-weeks-old
- begin eating vegetation at 2-3 weeks
Video
Sources
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fawn_3.jpg
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/white-tailed-deer
http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/big-buck-zone/2013/05/fawn-facts
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/mammal/fawn.htm
https://resources.oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/howardmr/web/deer-track.jpg
http://fineartamerica.com/art/drawings/fawn/all)(http://www.kjaanestad.com/fawns.html