Table 2. Mean (+SE) of bolus processing time(sec), chews/bolus, chews/sec of Pére David’s deer with respect to sex-age, feeding habitat and rainfall in Dafeng Nature Reserve.

	Bolus processing time				Chews/bolus				Chews/sec
	Grassland		Woodland		Grassland		Woodland		Grassland		Woodland
	Mean(SE)	N	Mean(SE)	N	Mean(SE)	N	Mean(SE)	N	Mean(SE)	N	Mean(SE)	N
Fawn	42.813(0.988)a	34	40.526(1.219)a	8	46.536(1.433)a	34	39.910(3.399)ab	8	1.096(0.326)a	34	0.976(0.058)ab	8
Juvenile Female	39.594(1.209)ab	36	38.756(1.225)a	7	42.615(1.423)ab	36	40.206(0.918)ab	7	1.087(0.030)a	36	1.046(0.050)a	7
Juvenile Male	40.093(0.697)ab	76	41.124(1.100)a	23	40.976(0.471)b	76	41.813(0.964)a	23	1.043(0.020)a	76	1.032(0.034)a	23
Adult Female	40.276(0.618)ab	61	42.306(1.118)a	15	40.068(0.518)bc	61	41.087(1.731)a	15	1.007(0.018)ab	61	0.974(0.034)ab	15
Stag	38.624(0.660)b	65	41.682(1.615)a	16	35.490(0.610)d	65	34.369(0.979)b	16	0.931(0.018)bc	65	0.836(0.028)b	16
Harem holder	40.977(1.577)ab	22	39.890(0.966)a	8	34.982(0.654)cd	22	33.848(0.604)b	8	0.868(0.021)c	22	0.851(0.019)ab	8

Same letter in the same row denotes no significant difference at P>0.05.