Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780)

White-tailed Deer

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Vertebrate

Sublevel 2: Mammal

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Cervidae

Genus: Odocoileus

Species: Odocoileus virginianus

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Odocoileus virginianus

Odocoileus virginianus — Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2013-01-09

Odocoileus virginianus — Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2013-01-09

Odocoileus virginianus — Young deer
Essex County, MA
Date: 2007-04-28

Odocoileus virginianus — Fawn
Middlesex County, MA
Date: 2004-05-21

Odocoileus virginianus — At a bird feeder
Essex County, MA
Date: 2015-04-13

Odocoileus virginianus — At a bird feeder
Essex County, MA
Date: 2015-04-13

Odocoileus virginianus — Reaching up to a bird feeder
Essex County, MA
Date: 2015-04-13

Odocoileus virginianus — Tracks
Hampden County, MA
Date: 2008-03-07

Odocoileus virginianus — Tracks
Hampden County, MA
Date: 2008-03-07

Odocoileus virginianus — Track
Essex County, MA
Date: 2003-02-13

Odocoileus virginianus — Tracks
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-01-20

Odocoileus virginianus — Deer beds
Essex County, MA
Date: 2003-02-20

Odocoileus virginianus — Scat
Essex County, MA
Date: 2006-07-29

Odocoileus virginianus — Scat
Hampden County, MA
Date: 2008-03-10