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What does it look like?
- Color: Molting produces marked seasonal changes in coat color which in summer is
reddish brown, the hairs short, sparse, and wiry. The winter pelt is grayish
brown, the hairs long, dense, and, because each hair contains insulating
air spaces, brittle. In all seasons, the lower parts of the body, inner areas
of the legs and ears, eye rings, a narrow band across the muzzle, and part
of the throat are white. The nose, a small area on the chin, and the upper
surface of the tail are black. Tail is bushy and erects when alarmed, displaying white hairs of the outer edge and under the surface.
- Weight: The average weight of an adult male is 203 lb (maximum, 405 lb). The average weight of a female is about 155 lb (maximum, 218 lb).
- Height: Adults are about 71 inches in total length, and 39 in in shoulder height
- Mammal
- Other: Antlers narrowly spreading and curving steeply upward