White-tailed deer
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| phylum | Chordata | The white-tailed deer, also known as the Virginia deer or simply as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru. It has also been introduced to New Zealand and some countries in Europe, such as Finland, Czech Republic, and Serbia. In the Americas, it is the most widely distributed wild ungulate.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Artiodactyla | |
| family | Cervidae | |
| genus | Odocoileus | |
| species | O. virginianus |
Key deer
| phylum | Chordata | The Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) is an endangered subspecies of the white-tailed deer that lives only in the Florida Keys. It is the smallest extant North American deer species
Adult males (known as bucks) usually weigh 25–34 kg (55–75 lb) and stand about 76 cm (30 in) tall at the shoulder. Adult females (does) usually weigh between 20 and 29 kg (44 and 64 lb) and have an average height of 66 cm (26 in) at the shoulders. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Cervidae |
| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Artiodactyla | |
| family | Cervidae | |
| genus | Odocoileus | |
| subspecies | O. virginianus clavium |
