White-Tailed Deer - Michigan State Game Animal

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Michigan State Game Animal

White-tailed deer fawn mammal symbol of twelve states. Photo by Mark / Making You Think Photography / Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution).

Official State Game Animal of Michigan

Michigan designated white-tailed deer as the official state game animal in 1997. Zeeland fourth-graders campaigned to include the white-tailed deer among Michigan's official state symbols. All State Mammals

An animal of incredible beauty and power, white-tailed deer are able to run up to 40 miles per hour, jump 9 foot fences, and swim 13 miles per hour. The white underside of its tail is waved when running and flashed as a warning when danger is sensed. Both native Americans and settlers relied on the white-tailed deer for buckskin and food.

Twelve states have designated white-tailed deer as a state symbol: Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.

Source White-tailed Deer: Animal Diversity Web; U of Michigan Symbols of Michigan: Seeking Michigan.org Getting To Know Michigan: mi.gov Reference Forest Foods Deer Eat: MI Dept. of Natural Resources Free White-Tailed Deer Photos: Nature of New England White-Tailed Deer: Nature Works All State Mammals All Michigan Symbols & Icons All Categories of State Symbols

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