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The white-tailed deer's coat is a reddish-brown in the spring and summer, and turns to a grey-brown throughout the fall and winter. The white-tailed deer can be recognized by the characteristic white underside to its tail. It raises its tail when it is alarmed to warn the predator that it has been detected. [11] Female with tail in alarm posture
Five cervid species (clockwise from top left): the red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon), barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Alternatively, they are known as the telemetacarpal deer, due to their bone structure being different from the plesiometacarpal deer subfamily Cervinae. The telemetacarpal deer maintain their distal lateral metacarpals , while the plesiometacarpal deer maintain only their proximal lateral metacarpals. [ 1 ]
A white deer from species such as fallow deer, roe deer, white-tailed deer, black-tailed deer, or rusa, is instead referred to as a “white buck” or “white doe”. The all-white coloration is the result of leucism, a condition that causes hair and skin to lose its natural pigmentation. The white deer has played a prominent role in the ...
Moose resistance to P. tenuis is much lower than white-tailed deer, which results in a higher mortality rate. [9] Infected deer density, temperature, climate conditions, and length of transmission periods all affect transmission levels. Areas with higher deer populations experience dramatic increases in incidental brainworm larvae consumption. [10]
Some models may have changeable genital inserts and other interchangeable parts which permit a unisex model to represent an individual of either sex. [citation needed] Although 3D computer models of anatomy now exist as an alternative, physical anatomical models still have advantages in providing insight into anatomy. [2]
Cervus is a genus of deer that primarily are native to Eurasia, although one species occurs in northern Africa and another in North America.In addition to the species presently placed in this genus, it has included a whole range of other species now commonly placed in other genera.
It is a medium-sized deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. Pages in category "White-tailed deer" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.