Information and observations about species of even-toed ungulates (Order Artiodactyla, Class Mammalia, Phylum Chordata, Kingdom Animalia)
that live on Mount Desert Island

 compiled by the
Champlain Project - P. O. Box 400 - Southwest Harbor, ME 04679
info@vfthomas.com - 207-266-5748

(updated 8 April 2009)


Order Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates
Mount Desert Island is home to 2 species in 2 genera in 1 family. Click on a link below or scroll down for more information.
   Cervidae (2 genera, 2 species)
      Odocoileus virginianus - white-tailed deer
      Alces alces - moose





Cervidae

Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer): These two deer (below left) were feeding within easy sight of the access road to the Seawall picnic area. In fact, this picture was taken from a car on that road. White-tailed deer scat (below right) is distinctive, usually with a small depression in one end of each pellet.
 

And this deer (below) was one of four seen near the base of a hill just north of the "Cadillac Mountain Entrance" (from Route 233) to the park loop road in Bar Harbor.