The
white-tailed deer (
Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the
whitetail, is a medium-sized
deer native to the
United States,
Canada,
Mexico,
Central America, and
South America as far south as
Peru and
Bolivia. It has also been introduced to
New Zealand,
Cuba,
Jamaica,
Hispaniola,
Puerto Rico,
Bahamas,
Lesser Antilles, and some countries in Europe, such as
Finland, the
Czech Republic, and
Serbia. In the Americas, it is the most widely distributed wild
ungulate.