	The White-Tailed Deer Taxonomy
Home Taxonomy Habitat and Adaptation Nutrition Reproduction Interactions Interesting Facts Sources	Odocoileus virginianus Domain - Eukarya The white-tailed deer is multicellular. Their bodies contain distinct types of cells that specialized for different functions, all cells work together. It also contains membrane bound organelles. Kingdom- Animalia The white-tailed deer lacks cells walls, multicellular, and hetertrophic. Phylum- Chordata The white-tailed deer contains an endoskeleton, it is triploblastic; 3 germ layers, bilateral symmetry, a spine (notochord made of connective tissues), and a complete digestive track. Class- Mammalia The white-tailed deer is warm-blooded, has a four chamber heart, hair on its body, has live births, and has mammary glands to nurse its young. Sub-Class- Theria Ungulates or cloven, hoofed animals Order- Artiodactyla This means even toes, four toes on each foot. The Artiodactyla are the most successful of all herbivores with approximately 240 members. Family- Cerdivae The entire deer family has four toes on each foot. The deer family is known to be grazers eating; berries, thickets, grass, flowers, herbs, farmers' crops, and fruit to name some of their dietary intake. Genus- Odocoileus Relatively small deer with short ears, males antlers come off the main beam female tend to not have antlers, tails are roughly 6” to 12” in length and white underneath. Deer are reddish brown in summer and grayish in winter. Deer's offspring (fawn) are same color sprinkled with white dots. Species- Odocoileus virginianus All of the above information about the classification makes the white-tailed deer. Sub-Species- Dependent on area animal is born.

The White-Tailed Deer

Taxonomy

Odocoileus virginianus

Domain - Eukarya

The white-tailed deer is multicellular. Their bodies contain distinct types of cells that specialized for different functions, all cells work together. It also contains membrane bound organelles.

Kingdom- Animalia

The white-tailed deer lacks cells walls, multicellular, and hetertrophic.

Phylum- Chordata

The white-tailed deer contains an endoskeleton, it is triploblastic; 3 germ layers, bilateral symmetry, a spine (notochord made of connective tissues), and a complete digestive track.

Class- Mammalia

The white-tailed deer is warm-blooded, has a four chamber heart, hair on its body, has live births, and has mammary glands to nurse its young.

Sub-Class- Theria

Ungulates or cloven, hoofed animals

Order- Artiodactyla

This means even toes, four toes on each foot. The Artiodactyla are the most successful of all herbivores with approximately 240 members.

Family- Cerdivae

The entire deer family has four toes on each foot. The deer family is known to be grazers eating; berries, thickets, grass, flowers, herbs, farmers' crops, and fruit to name some of their dietary intake.

Genus- Odocoileus

Relatively small deer with short ears, males antlers come off the main beam female tend to not have antlers, tails are roughly 6” to 12” in length and white underneath. Deer are reddish brown in summer and grayish in winter. Deer's offspring (fawn) are same color sprinkled with white dots.

Species- Odocoileus virginianus

All of the above information about the classification makes the white-tailed deer.

Sub-Species- Dependent on area animal is born.