Père David's deer

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/pre-davids-deer

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How heavy is Père David's deer?Approximately 180 kg (400 lbs)
2. What is the scientific name?Elaphurus davidianus
3. What is the native habitat?Subtropical river valleys of China
4. Why was the Père David's deer almost extinct?People hunted it a lot and took its homes, so by the late 1800s there were no more in the wild. Only a few were left in zoos.
5. How did people save the Père David's deer?A man named the Duke of Bedford took some deer from a zoo and bred them at his estate. All the deer alive today come from that herd.

Extirpated: When a species has been completely wiped out from a particular region or habitat.
Bottleneck: A sharp reduction in a population's size, leading to reduced genetic variation.
Phylogenetic Relationship: The evolutionary connection or relatedness between different species or groups.
Ungulate: A mammal with hooves, such as deer, horses, and cattle.