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White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

About White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Mammals
  • Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
  • Family: Cervidae

The white-tailed deer, also known commonly as the whitetail and the Virginia deer, is a medium-sized species of deer native to North, Central and South America. It is the most widely distributed mainland ungulate herbivore in the Americas; coupled with its natural predator, the mountain lion, it is one of the most widely distributed terrestrial mammal species in the Americas and the world. Highly adaptable, the various subspecies of white-tailed deer inhabit many different ecosystems, from arid grasslands to the Amazon and Orinoco basins; from the Pantanal and the Llanos to the high-elevation terrain of the Andes.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 1978-07-04

    Sand Lake, United States of America
  • 2008-08-26

    Elgin - Bluff Spring Fen, United States of America
    Image from 2008-08-26
  • 2009-01-13

    Fermilab, United States of America
  • 2009-02-03

    Los Tarrales, Guatemala
    Image from 2009-02-03
  • 2009-02-18

    Parque National Palo Verde, Costa Rica
  • 2009-05-05

    Elgin - Bluff Spring Fen, United States of America
  • 2010-02-01

    Elgin - Bluff Spring Fen, United States of America
    Image from 2010-02-01
  • 2010-06-25

    Elgin - Bluff Spring Fen, United States of America
  • 2010-11-20

    Elgin - Bluff Spring Fen, United States of America
  • 2012-01-03

    Stewart Island, New Zealand
  • 2012-07-08

    Necedah NWR, United States of America
  • 2012-07-10

    Bluestem Prairie, United States of America
  • 2013-03-04

    John Heinz NWR at Tinicum (IBA), United States of America
    Image from 2013-03-04
  • 2013-04-20

    Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America
  • 2024-05-24

    Watkins Glen State Park, United States of America