Flournoy Valley Flora & Fauna

We are a small tract forest of 50 acres in SW Oregon. This is an account of our explorations of our farm.

Western Grey Squirrel

The western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) is an arboreal rodent found along the western coast of the United States and Canada.

Elk

The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red deer have been introduced to other ...more ↓

Deer

Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals that comprise the family Cervidae. Species therein include white-tailed deer, such mule deer as black-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, reindeer (caribou) fallow deer, roe deer, pudú and chital. Male deer of all species (except the Chinese water deer) and female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year, thereby differing ...more ↓

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