Whitetail Deer - Rigorous

Facts About Whitetail Deer

1. The whitetail deer's , or hide, is reddish-brown during the summer and gray-brown during the fall and winter.

2. The male whitetail deer is known as the and the female deer is known as the .

3. The whitetail deer is , meaning it is a hoofed, even-toed, animal with a stomach consisting of four compartments.

4. In the deer's first two chambers of the stomach, the rumen and the , food is mixed with saliva and separated into layers of solid and liquid material.  The solid material, now called , is later regurgitated and chewed again for further digestion.

5. Whitetail deer reproduce in October and November.  This time period is known as the .

6. Rubs on trees are made by the male whitetail deer rubbing his , or antlers, against the tree.