Key deer
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The Key deer is an endangered subspecies of the white-tailed deer that lives only in the Florida Keys. It is the smallest extant North American deer species.
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A male Key Deer on No Name Key in the lower Keys
A female Key deer on Big Pine Key
A juvenile Key deer is called a fawn.
Island tameness
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Island tameness is the tendency of many populations and species of animals living on isolated islands to lose their wariness of potential predators, particularly of large animals. The term is partly s
Key deer
…between islands. Living close to humans, they have little of the natural fear of humans shown by most of their larger mainland relatives (an example of island tameness). The deer are often found in residents' yards and along roadsides where plants and flowers grow. This often results in car-to-deer collisions, as the…
Nene crossing, Hawaii