Blackbeard Island white-tailed deer

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
Range is located at number 21

The Blackbeard Island white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis) or the Blackbeard Island deer,[1] is a very rare subspecies of the white-tailed deer that is endemic to Blackbeard Island, Georgia.[2][3] It is listed as "Critically Imperiled" by NatureServe,[3] 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]

References

  1. "Blackbeard Island Deer (Subspecies Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  2. "Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis Goldman & Kellogg, 1940". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  3. 1 2 "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  4. "Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge". The Sights and Sites of America. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  5. "Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780)". www.gbif.org. Archived from the original on 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
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