Piebald deer are born with a rare genetic condition that gives them small to large patches of white hair mixed in randomly with normal brown hair color. Bucks and does can be piebald. Some piebald…
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The Many Coat Colors of White-tailed Deer: Albino, Piebald, Melanistic and More
Aug 2, 2023Cheyne Matzenbacher
Deer come in a wide variety of colors. Though most are brown or gray, you also see shades or red, coats of silver, and there are several rare color phases that include white and even…
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Some Piebald Deer Suffer Fatal Deformities
Mar 23, 2022Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Piebald deer are the result of a rare genetic trait that causes a mix of white hair patches among patches of the normal “brown” deer color. The genetic mutation causes these patches of skin to…
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A Look Inside Piebald Deer
Aug 24, 2017Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Missy Runyan, a wildlife rehabilitator in Hunter, New York, responded to a call about a fawn in distress on May 24 of this year and found an almost completely white, piebald fawn with severe birth…
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Rare Piebald White-tailed Deer Fawn
Jun 13, 2014NDA Staff
On June 12, 2014, a doe at the University of Georgia Deer Research Facility in Athens, Georgia, gave birth to two fawns, and one of them was a rare piebald fawn. Piebald deer are usually born…
