Whitetail Deer

The rarest of mammals in California are the Whitetail deer. The rest of the New World, from Northern Canada to South Peru, is the domain of his animal.

The three subspecies are the Columbian, Coues, and Idaho Whitetail Deer. The Idaho Whitetail is the most widespread, ranging from Modoc County to El Dorado County, and a buck shot at Topaz Lake, Mono County, in the 1890's. The Coues was wiped out from the Colorado River Valley in 1984. The Columbian is the rarest of the lot, and doesn't live in California. You can still see Idaho Whitetail, though they are the last of the Whitetails in California.

Whitetail  

Asiatic Cheetah

The Asiatic Cheetah is a subspecies of Cheetah, and was driven to the brink of extinction. Today, only 75-100 Cheetahs live in the un-fragmented areas in western Pakistan and eastern Iran. In the 1940's, the Cheetah was driven out of India. Reintroduction projects are starting in southern Russia. The other locations are in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Predesh, Chhatisgarh, Karnataka, and Kerala in India.

Here are some links about the Asiatic Cheetah:

Asiatic Cheetah

Asiatic Lion

The Asiatic Lion is  locally common pest in the Gir Forest National Park, Gujarat State, India. The Lion differs from it's African counterpart by a bigger tuft of fur on the tail, and a smaller mane.

This subspecies of lion originally ranged from parts of Iran, Greece, and Bulgaria in the east, to India's border with Nepal in the west, south to the northern Deccan Peninsula, and north to Turkey. It was hunted to the brink of extinction, and in the 1940's, was protected by the king of a part of Gujarat. His private hunting grounds were the areas in and around present-day Gir Forest.

Since 1974, the Asiatic Lion population in Gir Forest has grown from 180 individuals to 411 individuals, which were 97 adult males, 162 adult females, 75 sub-adults, and 77 cubs.

Here are some links about the Asiatic Lion:

India's Lions:Wall Street Journal

 

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Polar Bear

Polar Bears are magnificent creatures, and was, until recently, thought to live in Manitoba Province, Canada and northward. Soon some records started coming from the Provinces of Ontario, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador.  Even more recently a report came Isle Royale National Park, in Lake Superior, a part of Michigan. This is the first sighting ever in the Continental United States!

Here are some links about Polar Bears in Canada:

Polar Bear Provincial Park

Churchill Polar Bears

Yukon Polar Bear Conservation

Polar Bear captivates town

Caribou

This is a Woodland Caribou

The Caribou (a.k.a Reindeer), is the third biggest species of deer after the Moose and Elk. It's last stronghold in the Continental United States in in the northernmost point where Idaho and Washington met British Columbia. Reintroduction proved imposible in Maine because the bear and wolf populations were to high. A small population lives in the Caribou National Forest., in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. On December 24, 2012, Gene Fisher spotted a Caribou near La Salle, CO. Spooked by a passing train, it ran into the middle of the U.S 85 and was killed by an on-coming car. Wildlife officials who arrived at the scene shortly after the death of the Caribou said it likely escaped from a nearby sanctuary,but there was no sanctuary nearby!

Here are some links about Caribou:

Caribou:Colorado

Brown Bear

The Brown Bear is a species ranging from the Glaciers of Alaska to the Mountains of Colorado, from the cork oak of Portugal to the ice fields of the Himalayas.

The closest populations of Bears to California is are isolated populations in the Hell Canyon of Oregon, Washington's North Cascades National Park, and Colorado's San Juan Mountains. These are populations of Silvertip, or Grizzly Bear.

Here are some links about Grizzly Bear:

Grizzly Bear:Oregon

Grizzly Bear:Colorado

Grizzly Bear:Washington