Fawn

Kingdom- Animalia
Characteristics that place it here:
Multi cellular form with a specialized eukaryotic (its cells contain a certain membrane surrounding the nucleus) cell
Has its own means of locomotion
Its method of nutrition is that it ingests food
Phylum- Chordata
Characteristics that place it here:
It has bilaterally symectrical and its left and right sides mirror images of each other.
It has a head, tail, and a digestive system with an opening at both ends of the body.
Class: Mammalia
Characteristics that place it here:
It concieves its young within the reproductive tract of the of the mother and after birth it nourishes them with milk produced by their mammary glands.
It is heterodont with very strong jaws.
It is warm-blooded
Order: Artiodactyla
Characteristics that place it here:
The front part of the skull is usually long and narrow.
It is a large and diverse group of mammals.
Its lives in open habitats.
It runs very fast.
It has a modified stomach.
Family: Cervidae
Characteristics that place it here:
It occupies a wide range of habitats.
Slender body shape (legs).
Most are brown or gray in color.
The young are spotted with white.
Genius: Dama
Species: Dama Dama
Haiku Poem:
Fawns
baby female deer
graceful, elegant creatures
God's great creation
References:
My information comes from animaldiversityweb. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/dama/d._dama$narrative.html#reproduction. January 9,2001
My picture comes from webshots. http://community.webshots.com/photo/1381007/3513790ojFnCAbLve. January 9, 2001.