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.