White-tailed Deer
Quick and agile, these deer can often be spotted on the edges of wooded areas. The underside of their tails is white. When alarmed, the deer holds it tail high and flicks it as it runs as way to signal other deer that danger is near.
The male is called a buck, and measures one meter high at the shoulder. Bucks have antlers consisting of a main beam and individual tines grow up off the beam.
In the spring, the females hide their young (called fawns), until they are strong enough to travel. The fawns have white spots which fade by the fall.
Like most ungulates, white-tailed deer are more active at night. After they have eaten, as the sun rises in the sky, they often bed down in a safe place, chewing their cud for most of the day.
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