White Tail Deer

By Steve Kilger - Jul 11, 2003

Common Name: White Tail Deer

Latin Name: Odocoileus virginianus

Range: most of southern Canada and all of the mainland United States except two or three states in the west; throughout Central America to Bolivia.

Mature Weight: 175 – 250 Pounds

Diet: agricultural crops

Description: tan with the belly and underside of the tail totally white, white patch on throat

Notes: most abundant and most widely distributed big game animal in North America… somewhere between 8 and 15 million on this continent…prolific breeders…most males mate in second year…breeding occurs October-November

Source : http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/index.html

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