Key Deer Information
Key Deer | National Wildlife Federation
Key deer live in all the types of ecosystems found in the Florida Keys, from pine forests to mangroves and freshwater wetlands. They can swim between islands ...
Key Deer | FWC - Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission
Key deer numbers fell to less than 50 in the 1940s. Hunting and habitat destruction led to their almost disappearance. Establishment of the National Key Deer ...
These deer inhabit Big Pine Key and various surrounding keys. They are not found anywhere else in the world. Due to uncontrolled hunting and habitat destruction ...
National Key Deer Refuge | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
They are the only large herbivore in the Florida Keys and can be found in every habitat, where they feed on dozens of native plant species. They ...
Interesting Facts - Save Our Key Deer
The Key Deer has evolved and presently exists in the “wild” only on a few islands in the Florida Keys. It is by far the smallest of any deer in the Americas.
Key Deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife ...
This is the smallest race of North American deer. Adults measure 25 to 30 inches at the shoulder and have an average weight of 55 to 75 pounds for males and 45 ...
Big Pine Key & the Key Deer Wildlife - Florida Keys
Today, the deer are known to live on Big Pine and some small surrounding islands, most of them centering on Big Pine and No Name Keys. Sometimes known as "toy ...
History · A male Key Deer on No Name Key in the lower Keys · A female Key deer on Big Pine Key · A juvenile Key deer is called a fawn. · Due to proximity, most ...
Climate change challenges the Endangered Species Act and 'toy' deer
The highest natural point on Big Pine Key, the main habitat for the Key deer, is 8 feet above sea level. From the water, the islands around it ...
Key deer - Climate Adaptation Explorer
Key deer are beloved and iconic in their native home. As land area is limited in the Florida Keys, the Key deer is well adapted to tolerate sharing space with ...
Key deer - Center for Biological Diversity
The Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) is the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer. Prior to declines associated with hunting, habitat loss ...
Key deer - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
Habits and Lifestyle. Key deer easily swim between islands. Living close to humans, they have little of the natural fear of man shown by most of their larger ...
What's Killing the Key Deer? - National Wildlife Federation
Later, granted by Congress their own national wildlife refuge in 1957 and covered by the Endangered Species Act since 1967, the Key deer showed signs of ...
The National Key Deer Refuge in Big Pine Key - Visit Florida
At birth, Key deer weigh a mere two to four pounds! Oh, how sweet that sight must be. Their Habitat. Every time we're in the lower Keys, we visit the National ...
Key Deer Facts Information - Florida Wildlife Viewing
Florida Key Deer Facts Information - Florida Wildlife Guide.
The scientific name for Key Deer is Odocoileus virginianus clavium. They are also sometimes called toy deer due to their small size. This species is in the ...
The Fight to Save Florida's Key Deer – B&C Impact Series
Poaching wasn't the Key deer's only problem. Habitat loss from residential and commercial development on Big Pine Key, combined with increasing automobile ...
Key Deer Information - Big Pine, Florida Keys
This area is from Mile Marker 29 to Mile Marker 33. In the Winn Dixie Plaza in Big Pine, the US Fish & Wildlife Service operates an information center on the ...
Florida's iconic Key deer face an uncertain future as seas rise
Key deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer that live only in the piney and marshy wetlands of the Florida Keys, ...
Florida Key Deer - Encyclopedia.com
Habitat. The Key deer uses different sub-habitats on the islands, depending on availability, activity, and time of day. Hardwood hammocks and mangroves are ...