Mule deer | |
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Male (buck) near Elk Creek, Oregon | |
Female (doe) near Swall Meadows, California | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
Genus: | Odocoileus |
Species: |
O. hemionus
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Binomial name | |
Odocoileus hemionus
Rafinesque, 1817
[2]
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Subspecies | |
10, but some disputed (see text) |
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Distribution map of subspecies:
Sitka black-tailed deer (
O. h. sitkensis)
Columbian black-tailed deer (
O. h. columbianus)
California mule deer (
O. h. californicus)
southern mule deer (
O. h. fuliginatus)
peninsular mule deer (
O. h. peninsulae)
desert mule deer (
O. h. eremicus)
Rocky Mountain mule deer (
O. h. hemionus)
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Synonyms[3][4] | |
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Mule deer | |
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Male (buck) near Elk Creek, Oregon | |
Female (doe) near Swall Meadows, California | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
Genus: | Odocoileus |
Species: |
O. hemionus
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Binomial name | |
Odocoileus hemionus
Rafinesque, 1817
[2]
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|
Subspecies | |
10, but some disputed (see text) |
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Distribution map of subspecies:
Sitka black-tailed deer (
O. h. sitkensis)
Columbian black-tailed deer (
O. h. columbianus)
California mule deer (
O. h. californicus)
southern mule deer (
O. h. fuliginatus)
peninsular mule deer (
O. h. peninsulae)
desert mule deer (
O. h. eremicus)
Rocky Mountain mule deer (
O. h. hemionus)
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Synonyms[3][4] | |
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