#0074 · 🦊 mammals

White-tailed Deer

🇳🇱 Virginiahert ·Odocoileus virginianus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer , is a medium-sized deer native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. It has also been introduced to New Zealand, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Lesser Antilles, and some countries in Europe, such as Finland, the Czech Republic, and Serbia. In the Americas, it is the most widely distributed wild ungulate.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 431,349iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
431,349 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann in 1780 (246 years ago).