North American freshwater turtles, black bear, and white-tailed deer reproduction race

Comparison of the reproductive potential between white-tailed deer, black bear, and common snapping turtle. The snapping turtle becomes reproductively mature at 17 years of age, by which time a black bear may have produced seven and a white-tailed deer 629 reproductively mature offspring (not including mortality). Data source: IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, CITES CoP15
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Melissa Gonzalez/USFWS

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11/11/2022
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Comparison of reproductive output between white-tailed deer, black bear, and common snapping turtle. The snapping turtle becomes reproductively mature at 17 years of age, by which time a black bear may have produced seven and a white-tailed deer 629 reproductively mature offspring (not including mortality). Data source: Modified from Ron Brooks, Ontario Multi-Species of Turtles At Risk Recovery Team, as included in CoP16 Prop.38 pg20