Odocoileus

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Kingdom Animalia Order Artiodactyla Subfamily Capreolinae Scientific name Odocoileus		Phylum Chordata Family Cervidae Tribe Rangiferini Higher classification Capreolinae

Height White-tailed deer: 80 – 100 cm Tail length White-tailed deer: 10 – 36 cm Mass White-tailed deer: 68 kg, Mule deer: 57 kg, Fallow deer: 57 kg Gestation period White-tailed deer: 201 days, Mule deer: 203 days, Fallow deer: 230 days Lower classifications White‑tailed deer, Mule deer, Fallow deer

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Odocoileus is a genus of medium-sized deer (family Cervidae) containing two 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".

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Extant species

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is indigenous to the western half of North America. [A subspecies, Black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), is found near the west coast].

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 and Bolivia.

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