Wildlife Flashcards
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Fallow deer (damwild)
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Breeding season: end of Oct - mid-Nov Gestation period: 30-34 weeks Young are born: June (1; sometimes 2) Teeth: 32 Males: Hirsch, damhirsch Females: Tier, damtier Young Male: Damhirschkalb Young Female: Kalb Herd: Rudel
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Red deer (rotwild)
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Breeding season (brunftzeit): Sep-Oct Gestation period: 33-34 weeks Young are born: May-Jun (usually 1) Teeth: 34 (at 32 months) 2 eyeteeth are called: Grandeln Males: Hirsch, rothirsch Females: Tier, hirschkuh, stuck Young Male: Hirschkalb Young Female: Kalb Herd: Rudel
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Sika deer (sikawild)
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Breeding season: Oct-Nov Gestation period: 30-34 weeks Young are born: Jun (1; sometimes 2) Teeth: 34 Males: Hirsch, sikahirsch Females: Tier Young Male: Sikahirschkalb Young Female: Kalb Herd: Rudel
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Roe deer (rehwild)
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*Breeding season: mid-Jul - mid-Aug (called “blattzeit”)
*Gestation period: dormant until Dec; 40-42 weeks
*Young are born: May-Jun (1 or 2; 1st time is typically 1)
*Teeth: 32
Males: Nock, rehbock, sechser (3x3), gabler (fork), speisser (spike), knopfbock
Females: Geiss, ricke
Young Male: Bockkitz
Young Female: Kitz
*Herd: Sprung
- 3 ridges on milk (3rd) tooth: high (shoulder), & weigh 35-40 lbs
- Has white spot on snout (muffelfleck) that enlarges with age
- Has white spot on rump (spiegel): shaped like kidney (male) or heart (female)
- White spots on fawns disappear at 6 months
- Rubbing velvet away is called Fegen
- Fawns start growing antlers (Knoepfen)
- Bucks with testicle injuries sometimes grow big soft antlers (perueckenbock)
- Sheds antlers in Nov/Dec
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Chamois (gamswild)
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Breeding season: Nov Gestation period: 20-21 weeks Young are born: May (1; sometimes 2) Teeth: 32 Males: Gamsbock Females: Geiss Fawns: Kitz Herd: Rudel
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Mouflon (muffelwild)
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Breeding season: Oct-Dec Gestation period: 22 weeks Young are born: Mar-Jun (1) Teeth: 32 Males: Widder Females: Schaf/schafe Young: Lamm/lammer Herd: Rudel
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Wild boar (wildschwein/schwarzwild)
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Breeding season (rauschzeit): Dec-Jan Gestation period: 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days (15-16 weeks) Young are born: Mar-Apr (3-9) Teeth: 44; developed at 24 mos Males 1-2: Uberlauferkeiler Males 3-4: Keiler, angehender keiler Males 5-6: Keiler, hauendes schwein Males 6+: Keiler, hauptschwein, grobes schwein Females 1-2: Uberlauferbache Females 3+: Bache Piglets: Frieschling (lose stripes at 6 mos) Herd: Rotte (males forced out at 2 yrs) Led by "leitbache" (lead female) Omnivores Have gallbladders (eat meat); holds bile Wallow in mud holes (suhle) Trophies: Waffen (teeth), schwarte (hide), saubart (hair for brush/hat) Can hunt at night Kessel: birthing/nursing area Waffen: lower tusks (big) Gewehr: upper tusks (small) Pinzel: penis Teller: ears Geafter: false hooves Ballen: ball of foot Schale: hoof Must be tested for radiation; more prominent in young Can have trichinosis (worms in muscles) Can have Schwein Pest (swine fever; NOT zoonotic) Malbaum: drawing tree (for bait) Buchenholztee: stinky pig lure
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Hare (hase)
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Breeding season (rammelzeit): Feb-Aug Gestation period: 42 days Young are born: 3-4 x/season (3-5) Teeth: 28 Males: Rammler Female: hasin Hind legs 2x as long as front Sudden, sharp turns Do NOT burrow or hibernate Fox is #1 predator Nest is "sasse" (above ground) Born w fur Are yellow-brown w long, black-tipped ears Tail is a "blume" NOT social, unless breeding Have a hunting season Are ruminants
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Rabbit (kaninchen)
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Breeding season (rammelzeit): Feb-Aug Gestation period: 28-31 days Very social Get "myxomatosis"; caused by fleas/Mosquitos; only harmful to rabbits; fatal Live in burrows; don't hibernate Born blind w/o fur Hunted all year Tail has black tip Ears are 2-3" long; tail is 2" long Tularea (rabbit fever): passed to humans; looks like blisters No hunting season (hunt year round)
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Pheasant (fasan)
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Breeding season: late winter-early spring Eggs per nest: 10-15 (dirty green color) Male: Hahn Female: Henne Flock: Gesperre
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Hungarian partridge (rebhuhn)
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Breeding season: Mar-Apr Eggs per nest: 15 (light grey-dirty green color) Male: Hahn Female: Huhn, huhner Flock: Gesperre
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Woodcock (waldschnepfe)
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Breeding season: Mar-Apr
Eggs per nest: 4 (dirty brown color)
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Wild pigeon (wildtauben) Ringdove/wood pigeon (ringeltaube) Stock dove (hohltaube) Turtle Dove (turteltaube) Collared Turtle Dove (turkentaube)
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Breeding season: Mar-Jun
Eggs per nest: 4
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Duck charactarization:
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- Dabbling/river ducks (schwimmenten) or
- Diving/sea ducks (tauchenten)
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Dabbling/river ducks (schwimmenten):
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- Mallard (stockente)
- Garganey (knakente)
- Green-winged teal (krickente)
- Pintail (spiessente)
- Gadwall (schnatterente)
- Eurasian wigeon (pfeifente)
- Northern Shoveler (loeffelente)
