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White-tailed and Mule Deer
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White-tailed and Mule Deer

Odocoileus

Odocoileus is a genus of medium-sized deer (family Cervidae) containing three species native to the Americas. The name, sometimes spelled odocoeleus, is a contraction of the Greek root odont-, meaning "tooth," and -coelus, New Latin for "hollow".

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

White-tailed Deer

speciesOdocoileus virginianus

Mule Deer

speciesOdocoileus hemionus

Yucatán Brown Brocket

speciesOdocoileus pandora

Mule × White-tailed Deer

hybridOdocoileus hemionus × virginianus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42219.