Blackbeard Island white-tailed deer
Rare subspecies of deer
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The Blackbeard Island white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis) or the Blackbeard Island deer,[2] is a very rare subspecies of the white-tailed deer that is endemic to Blackbeard Island, Georgia.[3] It is listed as "Critically Imperiled" by NatureServe,[1] for its range only covers only 5,618 acres of land with limited habitats and potentially low populations, although the subspecies is provided a source of protection from the Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge.[4] The Blackbeard Island white-tailed deer is one of four white-tailed deer subspecies that are endemic to islands within the United States, with every island being remarkably small.[5]
| Blackbeard Island white-tailed deer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Genus: | Odocoileus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | O. v. nigribarbis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis Goldman & Kellogg, 1940 | |
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| Range is located at number 21 | |
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