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Blackbeard Island white-tailed deer

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Rare subspecies of deer

Blackbeard Island white-tailed deer
Conservation status

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: O. virginianus
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, is a very rare subspecies of the white-tailed deer that is endemic to Blackbeard Island, Georgia. It is listed as "Critically Imperiled" by NatureServe, 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. 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.

References

  1. ^ NatureServe (1 March 2024). "Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  2. "Blackbeard Island Deer (Subspecies Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  3. "Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis Goldman & Kellogg, 1940". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 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)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
Taxon identifiers
Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis


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