White-Tailed Deer
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Odocoileus
Species: O. virginianus
General Characteristics: The white-tailed deer is tan or brown in the summer and grayish brown in winter. It has white on its throat, around its eyes and nose, on its stomach and on the underside of its tail. The male has antlers. Males weigh between 150 and 300 pounds and females weigh between 90 and 200 pounds.
Special Adaptations: Adult deer have few predators except for humans, Mountain Lions and wolves, where they still exist. Coyote predation on fawns can be considerable, accounting for as much as 40% of fawn mortality in some areas.
State fish and game agencies regard deer as a renewable, harvestable resource for viewing and hunting. Sport hunters bag about 2 million White-tailed Deer annually.
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