white-tailed deer

or Virginia deer

Common reddish brown deer (Odocoileus virginianus), an important game animal found alone or in small groups from southern Canada to South America. The tail, white on the underside, is held aloft when the deer is alarmed or running. The male has forwardly curved antlers with several unbranched tines. Northern white-tailed deer grow up to 3.5 ft (107 cm) tall and weigh up to 400 lbs (180 kg). The white-tailed deer lives in open woodlands (young and cutover forests) and on the fringes of urban areas and farmlands, and eats leaves, twigs, fruits, nuts, lichen, and fungi.

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White-tailed may refer to:

In ornithology:

• White-tailed Eagle, very large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae
• White-tailed Lapwing, wader in the lapwing family of birds
• White-tailed Ptarmigan, the smallest bird in the grouse family
• White-tailed Sabrewing, large hummingbird that breeds in northeastern Venezuela and Tobago
• White-tailed Trogon, near passerine bird in the trogon family
• White-tailed Tropicbird, bird of Australia

In other fields:

• White-tailed Deer, medium-sized deer found throughout most of the continental United States, southern Canada, and Mexico
• White-tailed Rat, the only member of the subfamily Mystromyinae in the family Nesomyidae
• White-tailed spider, medium-sized spider from southern and eastern Australia