The White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer is a medium-sized deer native to North America, Central America, Ecuador, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. It has also been introduced to New Zealand, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, the Bahamas, the Lesser Antilles, and some countries in Europe, such as the Czech Republic, Finland, Romania, Serbia, Denmark, Germany, and France.
It is a graceful creature that grazes and browses for food, munching on everything from grass to fruits to okra leaves to acorns that fall from oak trees. Because they're a favorite food for several predators, like wolves, cougars, coyotes, American alligators, and jaguars the white-tailed deer is always on the run. Fortunately, they use their Creature Power of Awesome Agility to reach speeds up to 35 miles per hour and leap 8 feet in the air to clear obstacles like bushes and creeks! A male deer is called a buck and a female is called a doe. You can tell them apart easily during the breeding season because only bucks grow antlers. Baby white-tailed deer are called fawns and have white spots. Fawns lose their spots during the first summer of their lives.