21 Aug, 2019
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Odocoileus
Odocoileus hemionus
Odocoileus pandora
Odocoileus virginianus
†Odocoileus lucasi
†Odocoileus salinae
Odocoileus pandora
Odocoileus virginianus
†Odocoileus lucasi
†Odocoileus salinae
Odocoileus is a genus of medium-sized deer (family Cervidae) containing three species native to the Americas. The name is sometimes spelled odocoeleus; it is from a contraction of the roots odonto- and coelus meaning "hollow-tooth".
Extant species
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. |
References
- ^ Odocoileus, [1] Mammal Species of the World, 3rd Edition
- ^ "Fossilworks: Odocoileus salinae". fossilworks.org.
- ^ Valerius Geist (1998). Deer of the World: Their Evolution, Behaviour, and Ecology. Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-0496-0.
- ^ Gutiérrez, E. E., Helgen, K. M., McDonough, M. M., Bauer, F., Hawkins, M. T., Escobedo-Morales, L. A., ... & Maldonado, J. E. (2017). A gene-tree test of the traditional taxonomy of American deer: the importance of voucher specimens, geographic data, and dense sampling. ZooKeys, (697), 87.
- ^ "IUCN Red List maps". Explore and discover Red List species ranges and observations.
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