Odocoileus
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Deer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae Genus: Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
Species
Odocoileus hemionus Odocoileus virginianus

Odocoileus is a genus of medium-sized deer that contains three species.

• Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is indigenous to the western half of North America.
• White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is found throughout most of the continental United States, southern Canada, Mexico, Central America and northern portions of South America as far south as Peru.
• Black-tailed deer, A species of deer native to British Columbia, Canada and Alaska

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