White-tailed deer
| White-tailed deer | |
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| Male (buck or stag) | |
| Female (doe) O. v. nelsoni with juveniles (fawns) | |
Secure (NatureServe)[2] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Genus: | Odocoileus |
| Species: | O. virginianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780)
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| Subspecies | |
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| White-tailed deer range map | |
| Synonyms | |
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The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), 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 (Puma concolor), 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.[3]
- ^ Gallina, S. and Lopez Arevalo, H. (2016). "Odocoileus virginianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42394A22162580. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42394A22162580.en. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Odocoileus virginianus". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "IUCN Red List maps". Explore and discover Red List species ranges and observations.