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| Posted On: | 21-Jan-2003 |
| From: | "Sven Zörner" [s.a.z.....de] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] mouse deer |
Hi Sven, I'm so pleased at the amount of interest in the mouse deer. With you and David looking into it maybe someone who's in a position (winning the lottery works for me!) to keep them from dying out. will step up. Guanaja has a fairly large parrot and iguana preserve. Anybody know anything about them? Maybe they would have room on their preserve for some beautiful little creatures. Here's hoping anyway, Kip ----- Original Message ----- Cc: "David Evans" ; Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 3:51 AM > > Guten Tag Sven Zörner, > > am Dienstag, 21. Januar 2003 um 10:44 schrieben Sie: > > > Hello David, > > > thank you for the information. I really would be interested in having > > some literature sources about, let me call it the "Bay Island Deer". > > The only information which i am having right now is a a species list > > which includes "Odocoileus virginianus". This list was prepared with > > the help of a honuran biologist, but in fact he didn´t include any > > scientific source, this means i don´t have a clue were this > > information originates from and how reliable it is. > > > I have been at big pine Key Florida some years ago, so i am aware of > > the "Florida Key Deer" but i am in fact referring to a somehow cloudy > > source, not to the Florida Key deer. > > > If you biology department has any further information about the "Bay > > Island Deer" i would be very thankful to get this information. > > I will check back with some mammal specialist, also using Keiths Foto > > and we´ll see what we can do about species identification. > > Next step for conservation activities would be an evaluation of the > > population number and structure. > > > best regards > > > Sven > > > on Dienstag, 21. Januar 2003 02:31 you wrote: > > >> Sven: Just checked out the minature deer of the Florida Keys which is the deer > >> I think you are referring to. These are definitely NOT the same deer as that > >> found native to Roatan...see the Key deer photo at the Big Pine Key Deer > >> Preserve at : http://www.thefloridakeys.com/parks/deer.htm > > >> This Florida Key Deer does indeed look like a miniature Virginia White Tail > >> Deer...I grew up very near the Great Dismal Swamp...saw plenty of these fellows > >> in my youth, and the minature ones in the Keys are NOT the same as those I've > >> seen many times on Roatan. I am told by an old man on the island that as > >> recently as 29 years ago when I first bought our property these small deer were > >> living all over it from the beaches on the south side to those on the > >> north...but as he told me..."Dey bees all gone now, mon...all gone!" > > >> All the best...dke > > -- > Mit freundlichen Grüssen > Sven Zörner > mailto:s.a.z.....de | |
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