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Wild Sheep, Mountain Goats, Peccaries

Wild Sheep, Mountain Goats, Peccaries. By: Ms. Ryan Adapted by: Ms. Reeves. Objectives:. Identify various hoofed mammals. Discuss characteristics of wild sheep. Compare Dall’s and Bighorn sheep. Discuss characteristics of peccaries. Wild Sheep: Bighorn.

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Wild Sheep, Mountain Goats, Peccaries

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  1. Wild Sheep, Mountain Goats, Peccaries By: Ms. Ryan Adapted by: Ms. Reeves

  2. Objectives: • Identify various hoofed mammals. • Discuss characteristics of wild sheep. • Compare Dall’s and Bighorn sheep. • Discuss characteristics of peccaries.

  3. Wild Sheep: Bighorn • Occupy deserts, prairies, and alpine meadows • Spend time on the cliffs and ledges of rugged mountains in North America • Eat sedges, grasses, brush, shrubs, and cacti • Band together in small groups, with lambs and ewes separate from rams

  4. Wild Sheep: Bighorn • Rams are polygamous • Lambs born in late spring • Brown in color with white rump patches • Mature rams weigh up to 300 pounds • Stand close to 3.5 feet at shoulder

  5. Wild Sheep: Bighorn

  6. Wild Sheep: Dall’s Sheep • White in color • Live in rocky, mountainous terrain • Diet includes grasses, sedges, and shrubs • Range restricted to Alaska and western Canada • Rams get up to 40” tall and weigh up to 200 pounds

  7. Wild Sheep: Dall’s Sheep

  8. Mountain Goats • Travel as families • Experienced billy goat leads • Extremely sure-footed, climb carefully • Seldom have trouble moving on ledges and cliffs • Kids are able to jump about 30 minutes after they’re born

  9. Mountain Goats • Occupy high altitude habitats among rocks above the timberline • Range extends from Alaska to northern Idaho and Montana • Eat grasses, forbs, sedges, and shrubs • Billy goats have sharp, spiked horns • Large, mature billy goats are close to 3.5 feet tall at the shoulder

  10. Mountain Goats • Nanny goat gives birth to a single kid in May or June • White in color • Weigh up to 300 pounds • Extremely agile and coordinated • Only a few hunting permits outside of Alaska are issued for mountain goats each year

  11. Mountain Goats

  12. Peccary: Collared Peccary • Also known as javelina or musk hog • Is not a true pig • Stands 20 inches tall • May weigh up to 65 pounds • Native to the desert southwestern United States and Mexico • Gray, bristle-haired coat • White strip or collar around the neck

  13. Peccary: Collared Peccary • Musk glands in its back give off strong odors if it becomes excited or scared • Normal litter consists of two piglets • Newborns are able to run fast within a few hours of birth • Survival skill • Eat nearly anything: snakes, birds, cactus

  14. Peccary: Collared Peccary • Dig or root in soil for grubs, worms, and plant roots • Cause serious damage to farm crops

  15. Review • What are some characteristics of Bighorn sheep? • What’s the difference between Bighorn sheep and Dall’s sheep? • What are some characteristics of mountain goats? • What causes the odor that peccaries give off?

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