2007-10-04 11:25:32 · 22 answers · asked by msg1469 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
OK. Think of it this way. Would you hunt a rat, to feed your family? I hope not, rats and other rodents are nasty. Deer are Big Game mammals that provide good meat, to feed yourself and your family.
Why on Earth, would anyone think of a deer being a rodent?
2007-10-04 19:33:19 · answer #1 · answered by SavageCoyote 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Aha!! Another one who slept through biology class. No, deer are not rodents. You are probably confusing the term "rodent" with the term "ruminant". A ruminant is an animal that chews a cud. A deer is a ruminant but definately not a rodent.
2007-10-05 09:03:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stampy Skunk,
Rodents are mammals as well. Mammal just means animals that give live birth to their young and nurse them. Humans are mammals.
As for the 200 pound rodents, they are called capybara. They are the largest members of the rodent family, and are native to the Amazon Basin of South America.
msg1496,
Deer are in no way related to the rodent family.
Doc
2007-10-04 12:54:24 · answer #3 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hey Doc! You forgot to add hair to your list of Mammalian qualifications. Cant be a mammal without hair.
Though some of my friends with a proclivity for leaning to the Redneck side of things would probably disagree with me.
Though deer cannot be classified as Rodentia, they can certainly be identified along with Vermin or of the Pestilential and in dire need of culling. Just ask Alabama...
***EDIT - Charlsyeh- Javelinas are not rodents, they are in fact members of the genus TAYASSU more commonly known as the collared peccary or swine. You trying to tell me that swine does not = pig???
***EDIT AGAIN - Hey Savage, ever heard of a Nutria? People from the swamps consider them to be prime eating and they are an excellent source of protein and are in fact rodents.
2007-10-05 04:22:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lol..
Rodents include things like rats, mice, beavers, squirrels, gophers etc.
If you thought a deer is a rodent then I absolutely think you should stay away from firearms for your own safety.
Go back and get your Grade 6 first.
2007-10-04 11:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
What? Rodents are mice rats, squirrels and such, not deer. If you meant like a pest, yes plenty of people get sick of deer. People that live in the city, when they think deer, they think the Movie Bambi and think deer are cute and harmless.
2007-10-05 10:02:50 · answer #6 · answered by Aaron 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No they arent . Rodents have upper and lower front teeth which never stop growing . They have to constantly eat to wear them down . Deer dont have upperteeth in the front of their mouth . That is one of the differences
2007-10-05 16:26:21 · answer #7 · answered by Brandon 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
... wow, talk about R.O.U.S. !!
No, deer aren't "rodents" or even in the same family / genus as rodents. Although your question brings up frightening thoughts of a 12-point stag rat with a 7-ft shoulder height!!!
2007-10-04 11:44:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no. they are a big game species.a very confusing animal is the javelina.they are no anywhere close to a hog.they are rodents.
----retired texas deputy sheriff----
2007-10-04 21:04:01 · answer #9 · answered by charlsyeh 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no deer are rumens not rodents they closest relatives are actualy pigs and goats
2007-10-04 11:42:10 · answer #10 · answered by Orion2506 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋