Barbary stag

Cervus elaphus barbarus

The Barbary stag is a beautiful deer with long antlers. They live in forests and are known for their graceful movements. These stags are a special part of nature and are not often seen.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Barbary stag has a reddish-brown coat that often darkens to a greyish-brown during winter. Males sport impressive, multi-tined antlers that are shed annually. It is visibly smaller and more compact than its European red deer cousins.

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Barbary stag

Kategorie

Säugetiere

Seltenheit

Rare

Gefahr

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Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Barbary stag fawns are born with spotted coats that help them hide in the dappled sunlight.

Barbary stags are the only native deer species found on the African continent!

During breeding season, male stags roar loudly to attract mates and challenge rivals.

They shed their impressive antlers every year, only to grow new, bigger ones!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Barbary stag can detect distant predators with its amazing sense of smell, helping them stay safe in dense forests.

Barbary stag has excellent hearing that helps them pick up faint sounds, alerting them to approaching dangers quickly.

Barbary stag can grow magnificent antlers which help them spar with rival stags for mates and defend against threats.

Barbary stag has powerful legs that help them run incredibly fast, allowing for quick escapes from predators.

Maße und Details

Länge: 140-200 cm
Gewicht: 100-220 kg
Lebenserwartung: 10-20 Jahre
Top Speed: 70 km/h
Wurfgröße: 1
Tragzeit: 240-262 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

They are plant-eaters, munching on a variety of leaves, grasses, and tree shoots found in their habitat.

Altersunterschiede: Young fawns drink milk from their mother before gradually switching to solid plant foods.

Hauptnahrung

Grasses
Leaves
Shoots
Bark
Fruits
Acorns

Nahrungssuche

Grazing

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Golden jackal

Canis aureus

Jackals may predate on vulnerable Barbary stag fawns.

eats

Holm oak

Quercus ilex

Barbary stags browse on the leaves and acorns of this tree.

eats

Aleppo pine

Pinus halepensis

They forage on young shoots and bark from this common conifer.

depends on

Wild boar

Sus scrofa

They share forest habitats and may compete for similar plant foods.

Merkmale

Pelzig

Pelzig beschreibt Tiere, die eine dichte Schicht aus weichen Haaren oder Fell besitzen.

Einzelgänger

Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.

Geweihtragend

Geweihtragend beschreibt Tiere mit einem Geweih, also knöchernen, verzweigten Auswüchsen, die überwiegend bei männlichen Hirschen und verwandten Arten zu finden sind.

Pflanzenfressend

Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Lebewesen, deren Ernährung vollständig oder hauptsächlich aus pflanzlichem Material besteht.

Wald

Waldlebensräume sind terrestrische Lebensräume, die von dichtem Baumbestand dominiert werden und eine große Vielfalt an Pflanzen- und Tierarten beherbergen.