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White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Click on the picture to open a larger photo. White-tailed deer have a long tail that is white on the underside. They have gray-brown fur in winter that changes to reddish-brown in the summer. Bucks can weigh up to 400 pounds and does can weigh up to 200 pounds. White-tails are herbivores (they eat only plant material). Some foods white-tails may like to eat includes young leaves and stems, grass, berries, bark and nuts. White-tailed deer are found in forests, fields and swamps throughout the state of Florida and throughout the United States. The Key deer is a smaller variety of the white-tailed deer. Key deer are only found in the Florida Keys.
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U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal Geology |