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White-tailed deer leucistic variant

Odocoileus virginianus

Photo by Noe and Pili
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Description:

The white deer found at Seneca Army Depot are a variation of the normally brown white-tailed deer. The Seneca White Deer are leucistic, lacking all pigmentation in the hair but they do have normal brown-colored eyes. See more at:
http://senecawhitedeer.org/white-deer-natural-resources/white-deer-sene…

Species ID Suggestions

White-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

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Thanks for the link. I just learned something new! Could you please add this info to your spotting with the url so that people see this without having to scroll all the way down? Thanks . The white deer found at Seneca Army Depot are a variation of the normally brown white-tailed deer. The Seneca White Deer are leucistic, lacking all pigmentation in the hair but they do have normal brown-colored eyes. See more at: http://senecawhitedeer.org/white-deer-natural-resources/white-deer-seneca-army-depot/#sthash.C1iq6h6z.dpuf
Thank you for your comments Maria, I think they are not really albino deer, take a look to this link: http://senecawhitedeer.org/white-deer-natural-resources/white-deer-seneca-army-depot/ They are a very rare population of white deer living in an old army depot in the finger lakes
Albino white-tailed deer are so beautiful!
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PublishedApril 5, 2014

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