White-Tail Deer

• Taxonomic clasification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Artiodactyla
• Family: Cervidae 

taxonomic Classification

• Subfamily: Capreolinae
• Genus: Odocoileus 
• Species: O. virginianus 

Scientific Name

Geographical location

status on redlist

population numbers

role within their ecosystem

• They are herbivores

Continued.

• They help control vegetation
• And keep the forest floor clean

value to humans

• Great Food Source
• High in Protein
• Very good for you!!
• Harvesting them in more a challenge than a hobby
• Hunting brings in revenue to rural areas

Threats to organism

• Chronic waste diease
• Largest disease that effects them
• EEE
• Lymn 
• All other basic animal dieases

Laws to protect

• The environmental police have strict regulations regarding harvesting deer
• There are license requirements, tags, permits.
• There are also a wide variety of laws preventing poching/over harvesting