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White-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus
39.4846, -76.6503
Field Notes
Description:
"The deer's coat is a reddish-brown in the spring and summer and turns to a grey-brown throughout the fall and winter. The deer can be recognized by the characteristic white underside to its tail, which it shows as a signal of alarm by raising the tail during escape." ~wiki
Habitat:
spotted at the edge of field at Oregon Ridge Nature Center; "native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru. It has also been introduced to New Zealand and some countries in Europe, such as Finland, Czech Republic, and Serbia. In the Americas, it is the most widely distributed wild ungulate." ~wiki
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White-tailed deer
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Photographed
PublishedSeptember 26, 2013
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