Piebald deer, which are brown and white because only some of their cells produce melanin, also are pretty rare. But melanistic or melanic deer are the rarest, born with extra melanin that makes ...

Two hundred twenty-five observations of melanistic (melanic) deer in 3,875 sightings of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were made on mobile census lines, driving roadside counts, and ...

But melanistic or melanic deer are the rarest, born with extra melanin that makes them extremely dark and sometimes black, the Wildlife Commission reports.