Key deer
| Key deer | |
|---|---|
| A female on Big Pine Key | |
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Genus: | Odocoileus |
| Species: | O. virginianus |
| Subspecies: | O. v. clavium |
| Trinomial name | |
| Odocoileus virginianus clavium Barbour & G. M. Allen, 1922 | |
| Key Deer range | |
The Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) is an endangered subspecies of the white-tailed deer that lives only in the Florida Keys. It is the smallest extant North American deer species.
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