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White-tailed deer

By Cooperative Research Units
brown and white deer with dark eyes and small antlers
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Detailed Description

A young white-tailed deer standing in the woods at 1300 feet elevation. Cervidae (the deer family; referred to as “cervids”), hooved animals.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

Photograph by Dawn Childs, USGS