White-tailed Deer 🦌
Species Profile
Odocoileus virginianus
White-tailed Deer
The white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer , is a medium-sized deer native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. It has also been introduced to New Zealand, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Lesser Antilles, and some countries in Europe, such as Finland, the Czech Republic, and Serbia. In the Americas, it is the most widely distributed wild ungulate.
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