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Of all North America's large animals, the white-tailed deer is the most widely distributed and the most numerous. Its range extends from the southern tip of the continent northward well into the boreal, or northern coniferous, forest. Scattered individuals occur as far north as Great Slave Lake. In southern Canada, the white-tailed deer can be found from Cape Breton Island westward to south-central British Columbia. There were at least 15 million white-tails in Canada and the United States in 1982. Average densities throughout its range exceeded three deer per square kilometre.
There are 16 recognized subspecies of white-tailed deer in North America. Only three of these are found in Canada. The northern white-tailed deer is found throughout eastern Canada, from about the Ontario-Manitoba border eastward to Cape Breton. The brushy draws (valleys), parklands, and forest fringes of the prairies, westward to the foothills of the Rockies, are inhabited by the Dakota white-tailed deer. The tawny northwestern white-tailed deer is found in southeastern British Columbia, occasionally straying down the eastern slopes of the continental divide into Alberta.
White-tailed deer are relative newcomers to much of the range they now occupy in Canada. When Europeans first explored the northern half of the continent they found deer in only the most southerly parts of Canada and this situation had not changed much at Confederation. At that time there were no deer in Nova Scotia and they were not numerous in New Brunswick. Deer were in southern Quebec and their range extended some distance down the St. Lawrence River and up the Ottawa River. Although deer were numerous in southern Ontario, none had penetrated northward beyond Lake Nipissing. There were a few white-tailed deer in south-central Manitoba, but most of the remainder of the Prairie Provinces was populated by only the mule deer.
Since then human activities, including the cutting and burning of blocks of forests, the seeding of agricultural crops, the winter feeding of cattle, the reduction of competitors such as mule deer, elk, moose, and bison, and the restriction on hunting of white-tails have helped this deer to extend its range northward and westward. Long-term easing of the severity of winters may have been an important factor. Whatever the exact combination of causes, the range of the white-tailed deer extended considerably during the late 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. Extension of range and development of substantial populations have been somewhat more recent in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia than elsewhere in Canada. Thus, the current range of most white-tailed deer in Canada represents a marked recent extension of northern limits. It is not surprising, therefore, that severe winters and changes in habitats cause marked sporadic declines in population levels through much of the currently occupied Canadian range.
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Is a deer a native animal?
Yes, and they are found on most continents.
What is a fawn animal iswhere fawn live?
A fawn is a young deer. thus fawns are to be found in places where deer are to be found (most continents)
Do deer live in New Zealand?
not mainly wild, but many deer farms. ------------------------------------------------------------- The deer found in New Zealand are not native animals, they were brought there by man.
Are deserts mainly found on eastern sides of the continents?
No, most deserts are either mid-continent or on the western side.
Are deserts mainly found on the eastern sides of a continent?
No, most deserts are in the interior or western parts of continents.
Where do deer live at?
no one knows where the deer live. all the continents are unknown.
Where are the deserts mainly found on the eastern sides of the continent?
Most deserts on on the western side of the continents or in the interior of the continent.
What continents are located mainly in the northern hemisphere?
North America, Europe, and Asia are the continents located mainly in the northern hemisphere.
What do oceans surround?
An ocean surrounds continents and islands! :D
Does a tiger's diet vary through the year?
No, the tiger's prey are found year round in the habitat, deer, wild hog, and buffalo mainly.
What types of deer are found in Ohio?
Whitetail deer are the only native deer found in Ohio.
Does a turkey vulture eat a deer?
Vultures are scavengers, so they don't hunt. Instead, they eat already dead animals. A deer carcass would definitely be eaten by any vultures that found it.
