They were introduced into localized areas of Europe in the mid-1800s. They began to radiate northward from the tropics of Central and South America, and by the Pleistocene Epoch, 1.8 million to 10,000 years ago, they were common in eastern and central N.A. That was between 5.33 million and 1.81 million years ago-a time of global cooling which led to the spread of grasslands that, in turn, created suitable deer habitat. Fossil DNA shows they date back to the mid-Pliocene Epoch. White-tailed Deer evolved over millennia from small, antler-less, tropical herbivores to the graceful animals we see today. Some White-tailed Deer have moved into the city. Whitetails have no close relatives anywhere else in the world. The continental United States, except California, has an estimated population of about 30 million, with the greatest numbers found east of the Rocky Mountains. Those inhabiting your area may be a different species from others living only a state or two away. The White-tailed Deer (or Whitetail) isn’t a single species but a group of 30 to 40 subspecies (experts disagree on the number) native to the Americas. Their genus is Odocoileus, from the Greek for “hollow tooth.” And the word “deer” is from Old English dor, meaning “beast.” Like “Moose” and “Sheep,” deer is both singular and plural. White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus, are mammals in the order Artiodactyla (ART-ee-oh-DACK-tuh-luh, which means even-toed animals) and the family Cervidae (SER-vuh-dee), which includes Moose, Elk, reindeer (known as Caribou in North America), and others. Sadly for them, human development keeps squeezing deer habitat, so they sometimes have no better place to go. The “wild” is getting smaller, and all it takes is a neighborhood with 20 acres or more that offers what they need for survival. Bambi and his family lived way out in the wild, but many real-life fawns and their families have moved into suburbs and cities, including your yard.
WHITE TAIL DEER MOVIE
Ask any child about deer, and “Bambi,” the fawn 1 in Walt Disney’s beloved animated movie of the same name, will inevitably come up.
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