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9 Cards in this Set
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Mountain goat - males larger - extremely good at scaling rock faces |
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Bighorn sheep [Blue] - Dry habitats - not good climbers, graze on valley floors, meadows |
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Dall's sheep [Blue] - aka thinhorn sheep |
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Elk - Van Isle + coast, Rocky mountains - dark neck fur and white rump patch - open forest and grassland |
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Mule deer - black tailed deer ssp. (Sitka or Columbia) - very large ears, white rump patch, black tipped tail |
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Caribou [3 populations; 2 RED, 1 Blue] - woodland caribou in BC - vast open spaces, feed on lichen (AT + Boreal forest) - Lightly coloured front of neck, fuzzy antlers, older males have c-shaped anttlers |
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Moose - boreal forests and wetlands (long legs) - most of BC except coastal mountains and VAN island |
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Opossum - only marsupial in NA - prehensile tail and opposable thumbs |
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American bison [RED] - wood and plain species - extirpated in the BC wilderness |