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.
Big Pine Key, Florida
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Big Pine Key is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, United States, on an island of the same name in the Florida Keys. As of the 2020 census, the town had
Key deer
…to islands with a perennial supply of fresh water in dry months. By August 2019, most individuals were living on only one of the Florida Key islands, Big Pine Key. Key deer inhabit nearly all habitats within their range, including pine rocklands, hardwood hammocks, mangroves, and freshwater wetlands. The species…
View of west side of the island from the Overseas Highway
The Blue Hole is the only freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.
A green iguana in front of the Blue Hole sign
Key deer (buck)