Odocoileus virginianus

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q215887
Odocoileus virginianus
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Summary

Odocoileus virginianus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.23% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,964 views/month, #444 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Odocoileus[5]
  • Taxon name: Odocoileus virginianus[6]
  • Commons category: Odocoileus virginianus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Odocoileus virginianus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Odocoileus virginianus[9]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[11]
  • Original combination: Dama virginiana[12]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[13]
  • This taxon is source of: white-tailed deer meat[14]
  • Short name: O. virginianus[15]
  • Taxon common name: White-tailed deer[16], Cariacú[17], Venado Cola Blanca[18], Weißwedelhirsch[19], Virginiahirsch[20], jelenec běloocasý[21], valkohäntäkauris[22], hvithalehjort[23], venáu raublancu[24], belorepi jelen[25]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q115003421[26]
  • Gestation period: 205 day[27]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 23 years[28]
  • Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: not evaluated[29]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[30]
  • Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Odocoileus_virginianus[31]

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Identifiers

Odocoileus virginianus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42223[32]. Odocoileus virginianus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9874[33]. Odocoileus virginianus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328652[34]. Odocoileus virginianus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440965[35]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 180699[36] and 625189[37].

Why It Matters

Odocoileus virginianus has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [28] ↑ . Relevance of management and feeding regimens on life expectancy in captive deer. wikidata.org.
  33. [29] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [31] ↑ . DNA Zoo. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 180699, 625189
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 625189, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 20d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4188388-3
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'az', 'ban', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'chy', 'commons
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  3. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02434937-n
    Interlingual index id → i48420
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  4. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → white-tailed-deer
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: white-tailed-deer, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289971394|white tailed deer (#289971394)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  5. 17w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → white-tailed deer meat
    Original combination → Dama virginiana
    Gestation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+205'}
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 14467, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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