This smaller, widespread species of deer in North America gets its name from their tail (fron), the underside of which is always white.

White-tailed deer graze in the morning and evening. As a herbivore They feed on green plants and nuts. Deer live in small groups -- usually just a mother and her calves. The males have magnificent antlers and live in small groups of three or four animals. Both male deer and hinds have summer reddish-brown and gray-brown fur in winter. Since they are hardly natural anymore have enemies, deer populations sometimes grow so large that they can no longer find enough food. Deer are ruminants like cattle. This means they have four stomachs and then half digested food ruminate. This complicated process allows deer to for example, eating twigs that most animals cannot digest can.

Fun fact: The white-tailed deer is the representative animal of nine states in the USA and two Canadian provinces.