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Small herd of mule deer in the Sulphur Springs Valley of southern Arizona Stotting mule deer Female desert/burro mule deer (O. h. eremicus) in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico The most noticeable differences between white-tailed and mule deer are ear size, tail color, and antler configuration.
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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".
The black-tailed deer is considered by some a distinct species though it is classified as a subspecies of the mule deer. Unlike its cousin, the white-tailed deer, mule deer are generally more associated with the land west of the Missouri River. The most noticeable differences between whitetails and mule deer are the color of their tails and ...
The Sitka deer or Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) is a subspecies of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), similar to the Columbian black-tailed subspecies (O. h. colombianus). Their name originates from Sitka, Alaska, and it is not to be confused with the similarly named sika deer. Weighing in on average between 48 and 90 kg ...
The Capreolinae, Odocoileinae, or the New World deer are a subfamily of deer. Alternatively, they are known as the telemetacarpal deer , due to their bone structure being different from the plesiometacarpal deer subfamily Cervinae .
However, from data provided by Klein (1964) [3] and McMahon (1975), [4] the relative lower leg length of mule deer can vary at least by 22%. Morejohn and Dailey (2004) [ 5 ] published the analysis of the osteological anatomy and morphology of a practically complete skeleton of a Pleistocene adult male Odocoileus lucasi (Hay 1927) along with ...
Of wild species of ungulate, deer are the preferred prey family. In a study in the Italian Alps, the most common prey species of all was the European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), which made up 32.2% of nest remains. [66] The roe deer was also a prominent prey item in the French Pyrenees (14.9%) and Switzerland (14.6%), respectively.