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White-tailed deer from the tropics and the Florida Keys are markedly smaller-bodied than temperate populations, averaging 35 to 50 kg (77 to 110 lb), with an occasional adult female as small as 25 kg (55 lb). [16] White-tailed deer from the Andes are larger than other tropical deer of this species and have thick, slightly woolly-looking fur ...
It is a medium-sized deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. Pages in category "White-tailed deer" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Five cervid species (clockwise from top left): the red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon), barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
White-tailed deer – a typical definitive host of the giant liver fluke Natural infections of F. magna occur primarily in cervids and bovids. Although many species are susceptible to infection, only a few cervid species contribute significantly to maintaining populations of the fluke. [ 2 ]
The definitive host is the white-tailed deer, in which it normally has no ill effects. Snails and slugs, the intermediate hosts, can be inadvertently consumed by elk during grazing. [65] The liver fluke Fascioloides magna and the nematode Dictyocaulus viviparus are also commonly found parasites that can be fatal to elk. [66]
The Columbian white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus leucurus) [2] is one of the several subspecies of white-tailed deer in North America. It is a member of the Cervidae (deer) family, which includes mule deer , elk , moose , caribou , and the black-tailed deer that live nearby.
Biology and management of white-tailed deer / edited by David G. Hewitt. Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2011. 674 p. (ISBN:9781439806517) (OCLC:731192045)
White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus LC. Northern white-tailed deer, O. v. borealis LC [4] Dakota white-tailed deer, O. v. dacotensis LC [4] Kansas white-tailed deer, O. v. macrourus LC [4] Caribou, Rangifer tarandus VU extirpated Woodland caribou, R. t. caribou extirpated; Mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus LC; Sika deer, Cervus nippon LC ...