valkohäntäkauris

valko- (“white-”) +‎ häntä- (“tailed”) +‎ kauris (“any small and slender deer such as roe deer”). Coined by Nisäkäsnimistötoimikunta (Committee for Mammal Names) in 2008. This animal was and still is commonly called valkohäntäpeura. The problem is, according to the committee, that peura without any modifiers refers "reindeer" whereas kauris refers to roe deer and other small, slender deer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑlkoˌhæntæˌkɑu̯ris/, [ˈʋɑ̝lko̞ˌhæn̪t̪æˌkɑ̝u̯ris̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑuris
• Syllabification^(key): val‧ko‧hän‧tä‧kau‧ris
• Hyphenation^(key): valko‧häntä‧kauris

valkohäntäkauris

1. (recommended) white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus.

This term is gaining ground e.g. among zoologists and in media, but valkohäntäpeura still appears to be more commonly used (in 2011) by the general public.

• valkohäntäpeura
• laukonpeura
• virginianpeura

• “valkohäntäkauris”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023