Blackbeard Island white-tailed deer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
Genus: | Odocoileus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | O. v. nigribarbis
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Trinomial name | |
Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis Goldman & Kellogg, 1940
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Range is located at number 21 |
The Blackbeard Island white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis) or the Blackbeard Island deer, [2] is a very rare subspecies of the white-tailed deer that is endemic to Blackbeard Island, Georgia. [3] It is listed as " Critically Imperiled" by NatureServe, [1] 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. [4] 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. [5]