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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. It is the smallest extant North American deer species.
The National Key Deer Refuge is a 8,542-acre (3,457 ha) National Wildlife Refuge located on Big Pine Key and No Name Key in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida.
The same day, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents and Save Our Key Deer volunteers tried unsuccessfully to find the wounded animal. The deer wasn’t seen again until Nov. 16, the day it was killed.
The Key deer is the smallest subspecies of white-tailed deer. The largest bucks are less than a yard high at the shoulders and weigh approximately 80 pounds. The does are 24 to 28 inches at the shoulders and weigh approximately 65 pounds. They have many habitats in the Florida Keys including pine rocklands, hardwood hammocks, mangroves, and ...
Years ago, they were over-hunted, and habitat destruction led to the point that only an estimated 50 deer survived by the 1940s; now there are 800-1,000.
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A smaller subspecies, the Key deer, lives only in the Keys and numbers around 800 animals. [137] Sambar deer were introduced in 1908 as alternative game for hunters on Saint Vincent Island. The population is between 700 and 1,000; 130 hunters are licensed per year, and each can kill up to two deer. [138]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans would weaken protections for Florida panther, Key deer, two embattled species facing an escalating loss of habitat.