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==Behavior==

==Behavior==

Seasonal movements involving migrations from higher elevations ([[summer]] ranges) to lower winter ranges are associated, in part, with decreasing temperatures, severe snowstorms, and [[snow]] depths that reduce mobility and food supply. Deep snows ultimately limit useable range to a fraction of the total. Deer in the arid southwest may migrate in response to rainfall patterns.

Seasonal movements involving migrations from higher elevations ([[summer]] ranges) to lower winter ranges are associated, in part, with decreasing temperatures, severe snowstorms, and [[snow]] depths that reduce mobility and food supply. Deep snows ultimately limit usable range to a fraction of the total. Deer in the arid southwest may migrate in response to rainfall patterns.

Deer are highly adaptable, equipped with slender but muscular legs, and cloven hooves that allow them to easily leap, climb hillsides and keep their balance. They can get up on their hind legs to reach branches. They can jump fences as high as eight feet, or can squeeze under them. They can, if necessary, crawl.  

Deer are highly adaptable, equipped with slender but muscular legs, and cloven hooves that allow them to easily leap, climb hillsides and keep their balance. They can get up on their hind legs to reach branches. They can jump fences as high as eight feet, or can squeeze under them. They can, if necessary, crawl.