Hilton Head white-tailed deer
| Hilton Head white-tailed deer | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Genus: | Odocoileus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | O. v. hiltonensis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Odocoileus virginianus hiltonensis (Goldman and Kellog, 1940)
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Hilton Head white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus hiltonensis) are a subspecies of
Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. The deer live in a mainly suburban environment and have developed (according to a study) home range areas on the island.[1]
Hilton Head white-tailed deer are listed as a "species of concern" by the
South Carolina Legislature designated Sea Pines a state wildlife sanctuary in 1971, but a circuit judge agreed that culling of the deer population was legal in 1999.[4][8] The South Carolina Supreme Court concurred with the ruling and allowed the culling to proceed so long as it was regulated by the state.[4][9] Subsequently, there has been little opposition to the population reduction program, and after only three years the size of the herd had been reduced by 500.[4] Deer-vehicle collisions were also reduced from 60 per year to 10 per year.[4]
References
- ISBN 1-58574-672-X.
- ^ "Hilton Head White-Tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus hiltonensis)". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Animal Candidate Review for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species" (PDF). Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. 1994. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "Deer Debate in Hilton Grand, South Carolina". WUI Professional Development Program|Hilton Team Member Travel Program.
- JSTOR 3783662.
- ^ McCormack, Francia (September 16, 1998). "Oh, deer: Animal-rights activists sue". Red & Black. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "Injunction Protect Hilton Head Deer - For Now". Herald-Journal. Associated Press. August 27, 1998. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "Judge Allows Resort Deer Kill". Star-News. May 6, 1999. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "Beaufort County Communities thinning out deer population". The Beaufort Gazette. November 17, 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2010.