Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780)

Braun, Janet K., Mares, Michael A., Coyner, Brandi S. & Loucks, Lynda S., 2020, New Records Of Mammals From Oklahoma, Occasional Papers of the Museum 364, pp. 1-24 : 12

Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780)

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus has a widespread distribution in Oklahoma, although museum specimen records are limited. Since Caire et al. (1989), specimen records have been reported for Creek, McClain, and Roger Mills counties ( Braun and Revelez 2005) and Beaver and Beckham counties (Roehrs et al. 2008). Payne et al. (2001) and Dreier et al. (2015) first reported observations of this species for Osage and Cimarron counties, respectively. New specimen records are reported for the counties of Alfalfa, Bryan, Cleveland, Dewey, Grant, Harper, Kay, Kiowa, Le Flore, Logan, Marshall, Oklahoma, and Wagoner.

Specimen records (30). — Alfalfa County (1): Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 2396 ) . Bryan County (1): 0.8 km W jct Hwy 70 and Banty Rd, Bokchito, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 5817 ) . Cleveland County (6): SE 37 th St and Bryant, Moore, 1 ( OMNH 66576 ) ; Hwy 9 between Chautauqua and Jenkins Aves , Norman , 1 ( OMNH 38085 ) ; 1550 108th Ave SE, Norman , 3 ( OMNH 64324–64325 , 65381 ) ; 4.3 km S jct Stella Rd and 120th Ave, Norman, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 2397 ) . Dewey County (1): 3.2 km W Oakwood on Hwy 33, 1.6 km from Canadian River , 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 4235 ) . Grant County (1): jct Clyde Rd and Wakita Rd, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 7076 ) . Harper County (1): 26.4 km W Fort Supply , 1 ( OMNH 38135 ) . Kay County (4): Ponca City, 4 ( OMNH 36876-36879 ) . Kiowa County (1): 27.4 km Apache, Blue Canyon II Windmill Farm, 1 ( OMNH 36696 ) . Le Flore County (2): Lake Wister State Park , 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 4780 ) , Muse , 1 ( MSB 294664 ) . Logan County (1): 11.3 km N, 3.2 km W, Arcadia, 35°43'55.21"N, - 97°17'20.29W, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 6058 ) . Marshall County (1): 0.8 km W Willis, 2.4 km NW University of Oklahoma Biological Station , 1 ( OMNH 36695 ) . Oklahoma County (6): no specific locality, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 3382 ) ; Choctaw , 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 2996 ) ; Wilshire and I-35, 35°33'04.7736"N, - 097°27'33.0228"W, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 6273 ) ; Harrah Newalla Rd. and 29th St , junction on W side of rd, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 6465 ) ; Hefner Rd and I-35, 0.4 km W of I-35, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 6567 ) ; Harrah , 0.4 km N of 29th St, junction on W side of rd, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 6578 ) . Wagoner County (4): Fort Gibson , 4 ( OMNH 36880–36883 ) .