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Genus of mammals belonging to the deer, muntjac, roe deer, reindeer, and moose family of ruminants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Odocoileus is a genus of medium-sized deer (family Cervidae) containing three species native to the Americas.[1][3][4] The name is sometimes spelled odocoeleus; it is from a contraction of the roots odonto- and coelus meaning "hollow-tooth".
Odocoileus Temporal range: Pleistocene to present | |
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Odocoileus virginianus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
Tribe: | Odocoileini |
Genus: | Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832[1] |
Type species | |
Odocoileus speleus[1] Rafinesque, 1832 | |
Species | |
Odocoileus hemionus |
Odocoileus hemionus | Mule deer | western half of North America. | |
Odocoileus pandora | Yucatan brown brocket | Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize) | |
Odocoileus virginianus | White-tailed deer | throughout most of the continental United States, southern Canada, Mexico, Central America, and northern portions of South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia.[5] | |
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