SEE THE FLORIDA KEYS TINY KEY DEER

Photo by Mary Griffin, Mary D. Griffin Photography

The endangered Key deer is the smallest subspecies of the North American white-tailed deer.
The largest males typically stand only about 1 meter at the shoulder and weigh a maximum of around 85 lbs. Females are smaller, weighing on average 65 pounds. 

The National Key Deer Refuge was established in 1957 to protect and preserve in the national interest the Key deer and other wildlife resources in the Florida Keys. The Refuge is located in the lower Florida Keys and currently consists of approximately 9,200 acres of land that includes pine rockland forests, tropical hardwood hammocks, freshwater wetlands, salt marsh wetlands, and mangrove forests. In addition to the Key deer, it is home to 23 endangered and threatened plant and animal species and hundreds of others. Wildlife dependent activities are allowed; these include saltwater fishing, wildlife observation and photography, interpretation, and environmental education.

Key deer inhabit 20-25 islands in the lower Florida Keys, ranging from No Name and Big Pine Key westward to the Sugarloaf Keys.

For information the the National Key Deer Refuge, visit:

https://www.fws.gov/refuge/National_Key_Deer_Refuge/

For information on finding your home in the Florida Keys, visit:

https://americancaribbean.com/