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White-tailed Deer
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Deer, peccaries & tapir

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWhite-tailed Deer
DutchVirginiahert
SpanishVenado cola blanca
Chinese白尾鹿
Sranan Tongodia (general name for the group)
Scientific nameOdocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780)

About this species

The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known commonly as the whitetail and the Virginia deer, is a medium-sized species of deer native to North and South America. It is the most widely distributed mainland ungulate herbivore in the Americas; coupled with its natural predator, the mountain lion (Puma concolor), it is one of the most widely distributed terrestrial mammal species in the Americas and the world. Highly adaptable, the various subspecies of white-tailed deer inhabit many different ecosystems, from arid grasslands to the Amazon and Orinoco basins; from the Llanos to the high-elevation terrain of the Andes.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderArtiodactyla
FamilyCervidae
GenusOdocoileus

In Suriname

54Records in Suriname
1827First record
2019Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini2
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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