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Kingdom   Animal
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Class   Mammal
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Family  Deer
Species  White-tailed Deer
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Date Updated   Tue Mar 8 13:01:08 2016
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Image Credit  JindoJeff
Image Comment  Closeup of the face of a white-tailed deer.
Image From  Cosley Zoo
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- A mother white-tailed deer will raise her tail when she runs. This helps her fawns follow her through the woods.
- Male White-tailed Deer will rub their antlers on tree bark to marks. These marks are called rubs.
- White-tail deer have many enemies to watch out for, such as wolf, coyote, lynx and bobcat.
- White-tailed Deer lose their antlers each winter. This is called shedding the antlers.
- Adult White-tailed Deer can reach anywhere from 115 to 310 pounds.
- White-tailed Deer can be agressive and may attack humans if they feel threatened.
- White-tailed Deer prefer to live in areas where there are both fields and forests.
- White-tailed Deer are browsers, eating mostly leaves twigs and shrubs instead of grasses.
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