Species: Odocoileus virginianus leucurus
Columbian White-tailed Deer
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Cervidae
Genus
Odocoileus
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Mammals - Other Mammals
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae - Odocoileus - in southwestern Washington (Gavin and May 1988).
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
An ungulate (deer).
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5T2Q
Global Status Last Reviewed
1999-11-10
Global Status Last Changed
1996-11-19
Other Status
PS:LE - On 11 March 1967, the Columbian white-tailed deer was Listed Endangered in the Columbia River (Clark,Cowliz,Pacific, Skamania, and Wahkiakum Counties, WA., and Clatsop,Columbia, and Multnomah Counties, OR.). On 24 July 2003, the Columbian white-tailed deer was designated as a Delisted Taxon, recovered in Douglas County, Oregon.
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
CE - 250-20,000 square km (about 100-8000 square miles) - CDE - Formerly locally common in the bottomlands and prairie woodlands of the lower Columbia, Willamette, and Umpqua river basins in Oregon and southern Washington. Reduced to two distinct populations: (1) Columbia River population occurs on both banks of the river in Clatsop and Columbia counties, Oregon, and Wahkiakum and Cowlitz counties, Washington; (2) Douglas County, Oregon. These two populations are separated by about 320 km of unsuitable or discontinuous habitat (USFWS 1999).
Global Range Code
CE
Global Range Description
250-20,000 square km (about 100-8000 square miles)