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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Odocoileus virginianus | White-Tailed Deer 



ABBREVIATION : 
ODVI

COMMON NAMES : 
   white-tailed deer
   whitetail
   deer
   Columbian white-tailed deer
   Key deer
   Coues deer
   Texas white-tailed deer
   sandhill deer
   common deer
   jumping deer 
   flag-tailed deer
   bannertail
   long-tailed deer
   Virginia white-tailed deer
   Virginia deer


TAXONOMY : 
There are 38 subspecies of white-tailed deer in North, Central, and
South America.  Sixteen of these are found in the United States and
Canada.  Subspecies are distinguished by geographic location, body size,
coloration, antler growth, and physiological, biochemical, and
behavioral differences [2,21,24].  The North American subspecies
are listed below:

Odocoileus virginianus ssp. borealis
O. virginianus ssp. clavium  (Key deer)
O. virginianus ssp. couesi
O. virginianus ssp. dakotensis
O. virginianus ssp. hiltonensis  (Hilton Head white-tailed deer)
O. virginianus ssp. leucurus  (Columbian white-tailed deer)
O. virginianus ssp. macrourus
O. virginianus ssp. mcilhennyi
O. virginianus ssp. nigribarbis  (Blackbeard Island white-tailed deer)
O. virginianus ssp. ochrourus
O. virginianus ssp. osceola
O. virginianus ssp. seminolus
O. virginianus ssp. taurinsulae  (Bulls Island white-tailed deer)
O. virginianus ssp. texanus
O. virginianus ssp. venatorius  (Hunting Island white-tailed deer)
O. virginianus ssp. virginianus


ORDER : 
Artiodactyla

CLASS : 
Mammal

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
See OTHER STATUS

OTHER STATUS : 
Odocoileus virginianus leucurus and O. v. clavium are federally listed
as endangered.  Odocoileus virginianus hiltonensis, nigribarbis,
taurinsulae, and venatoria are federally listed as Category 2 subspecies
[61].

O. v. leucurus is endangered in Washington and Oregon, and O. v. clavium
is endangered in Florida [55,60,62].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
S. A. Snyder, May 1991


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Snyder, S. A. 1991. Odocoileus virginianus. In: Remainder of Citation

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