🦌 White-tailed deer report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the white-tailed deer page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the white-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus · Grades 1–2
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 30 to 36 in (76 to 91 cm) |
| Weight | 90 to 300 lb (41 to 136 kg) |
| Top speed | 30 mph (48 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 10 years |
Read about it
White-tailed deer have a fluffy white tail. Baby deer, called fawns, are born with white spots. They hide in tall grass and wait for their mother.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Jewel Cave, nps.gov/jeca/learn/nature/white-tailed-deer-odocoileus-virginianus.htm, checked 2026-10-30
- National Park Service, Prince William Forest Park, home.nps.gov/prwi/learn/nature/deer.htm, checked 2026-10-30
- National Park Service, Chattahoochee River, home.nps.gov/chat/blogs/the-park-after-dark-white-tailed-deer.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the white-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus · Grades 3–4
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 30 to 36 in (76 to 91 cm) |
| Weight | 90 to 300 lb (41 to 136 kg) |
| Top speed | 30 mph (48 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 10 years |
Read about it
When a white-tailed deer senses danger, it raises its tail to show the bright white underside and bounds away. This flag warns other deer to run too. A fawn has white spots that help it hide on the forest floor, and almost no smell.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Jewel Cave, nps.gov/jeca/learn/nature/white-tailed-deer-odocoileus-virginianus.htm, checked 2026-10-30
- National Park Service, Prince William Forest Park, home.nps.gov/prwi/learn/nature/deer.htm, checked 2026-10-30
- National Park Service, Chattahoochee River, home.nps.gov/chat/blogs/the-park-after-dark-white-tailed-deer.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the white-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus · Grades 5–6
| Length | not checked yet: look it up! |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | 30 to 36 in (76 to 91 cm) |
| Weight | 90 to 300 lb (41 to 136 kg) |
| Top speed | 30 mph (48 km/h) |
| How long it lives | 10 years |
Read about it
White-tailed deer live in woods, fields and even the edges of towns, and they are busiest at dawn and dusk. They are ruminants, which means they swallow their food quickly and chew it again later in a safe, hidden spot. Their eyes sit on the sides of their head, so they can see almost all the way around, and they run fast and swim well. Careful wildlife rules have helped deer numbers recover in places where they were once rare.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Jewel Cave, nps.gov/jeca/learn/nature/white-tailed-deer-odocoileus-virginianus.htm, checked 2026-10-30
- National Park Service, Prince William Forest Park, home.nps.gov/prwi/learn/nature/deer.htm, checked 2026-10-30
- National Park Service, Chattahoochee River, home.nps.gov/chat/blogs/the-park-after-dark-white-tailed-deer.htm, checked 2026-10-30