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Apparently such deer are similar to the more famous Kermode bears, or “spirit bears” as they’re also called.
They carry a gene that causes leucism, or a lack of pigmentation in their body surface. It is not like albinoism, which is a complete lack of pigmentation, and includes pink eyes.
A vet would call them “leucistic” deer, also known in older terminology as “pied” or “piebald.”
They appear to be more common among the Lower Mainland’s deer population than elsewhere.
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Day 2 of the 18th Bradford International Film Festival 2012.
Image by Jonny Walton for National Media Museum.
My first viewing of Clover - a Kermode Bear that was orphaned, captured and re-located to the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops, BC, a few years ago. Spirit Bears are a rare phase of the Black Bear, resulting from a recessive gene. They are NOT Albinos.
There are fewer than 400 of these bears left in the wild, mostly within the vicinity of Northern BC's Great Bear Rainforest. Their habitat has been under threat in the past by logging and more recently by the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline by Enbridge.
Day 2 of the 18th Bradford International Film Festival 2012.
Image by Jonny Walton for National Media Museum.
Day 2 of the 18th Bradford International Film Festival 2012.
Image by Jonny Walton for National Media Museum.
Day 2 of the 18th Bradford International Film Festival 2012.
Image by Jonny Walton for National Media Museum.