- Growing deer populations have pushed many of North America's native wildflowers to the brink of extinction.[5]
- There are more deer currently alive in the United States than there were when the Pilgrims first landed on North American shores.[5]
- In the United States, white-tailed deer are the most-hunted game animal.[5]
- Like human fingerprints, the antlers of each male white-tailed deer are different from the antlers of all other members of its species.[5]
- The combined deer population of the United States and Canada is around 40 million.[5]
- Mule deer are the most populous deer species in America.[4][5]
- Deer have four toes: two hooves and two "dew claws," which are positioned higher up on the leg.[5]
- Deer are part of a class of animal called ruminants, because they re-chew cud.[5]
- Deer are herbivores.[5]
- Chinese water deer is the only deer species in which males don't grow antlers.[1]
- Deer belong to the same animal family as elk, caribou, and moose.[5]
- When something alarms them, female white-tailed deer raise their tails, which sends a warning to other deer to flee the area.[6]
- Deer are native to all of Earth's continents except Antarctica and Australia, although they have been introduced to the latter.[5]
- White-tailed deer have twice as many genetic variables as most other creatures, allowing them to thrive through adaptation to a greater variety of conditions.[5][7]
- In North America, white-tailed deer have occasionally interbred with mule and blacktail deer, but their offspring tend to lack the special characteristics of their parentage necessary for survival and are usually infertile.[5]
- Deer belong to the Cervidae family of mammals, the second most diverse mammalian family in the world.[1]
- White-tailed deer can "bound" across distances of more than 28 feet in a single jump.[5]
- Many deer have evolved the capacity to "stot”—to both land on and take off from all four hooves in a single jump—as an aid to escape predators.[5]
- Moose are the largest species of deer.[1][2]
- There are deer living within a mile of almost all human populations on Earth.[6]
- More information has been published about white-tailed deer than about any other mammal in the world.[6]
- Male white-tailed deer lose their antlers annually during wintertime.[6]
- A small number of deer species are monogamous, mating with only one partner over a lifetime.[1]
- In order to express visible signs of concern about a situation, some male deer emit a pheromone that causes patches of hair on their legs to spread open, creating the appearance of white spots.[6]
- Caribou herds have been observed to have populations of up to 100,000 individuals.[1]
- The southern pudu, which on average only grows to a height of 14 inches, is the smallest species of deer.[1]
- Caribou (also known as reindeer) are the only deer species in which both the males and the females grow antlers.[1]
- While they are still growing, deer antlers are covered with a substance containing nerves and blood vessels called "velvet.” When this covering dies, the deer will rub its antlers against an object to remove it.[1]
- The African continent is unique in that it has only one native species of deer, the Barbary red deer.[1]
- Deer are social animals and usually travel in herds.[1]
- Most deer herds are led by a single dominant male.[1]
- Some herds of deer segregate themselves into male and female sub-groups.[1]
- Deer are most active at sunrise and dusk.[3]
- When they are born, baby deer have no body odor, which helps them to remain undetected by nearby predators.[6]
- Deer breeding seasons vary according to climate.[1]
- The average deer lives for 11 to 12 years.[3]
- Deer don't fully mature until they reach a certain size, meaning that individuals whose growth is below average never reach full adulthood.[1]
- Due to disagreements in the scientific community about how to classify deer species, there is no consensus about how many species currently exist; most zoological groups cite a number between 47 and 51.[1][2]
- Lacking antlers, male Chinese water deer grow unusually long canine teeth, which they display in order to attract mates.[1]
- The long, vampire-like fangs of the musk deer are sold on the black market for around $20,000 a pound.[1]
As its name suggests, the water deer prefers wet and swampy locales
The mighty moose can weigh as much as 1,500 pounds
The tiny pudu only weighs in at around 20 pounds
Fawns grow to full maturity in just a few years' time
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