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| Posted On: | 21-Jan-2003 |
| From: | =?iso-8859-15?Q?Sven_Z=F6rner?= [s.a.z.....de] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] mouse deer |
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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