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herd
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herd
a large group of mammals living and feeding together, esp a group of cattle, sheep, etc.

herd [hərd]
(vertebrate zoology)
A number of one kind of wild, semidomesticated, or domesticated animals grouped or kept together under human control.


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What biologists do during late November and early December - when deer population trend counts and herd composition surveys are conducted after hunting season ends - is log long hours.
The takin's habits are still relatively unknown--how far herds roam, how flexible the herd composition is, what are the reproductive and death rates," Schaller says.
The forecasts are based on population and herd composition surveys.
 
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