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
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Species | |
Odocoileus hemionus |
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 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] |