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The mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is a deer indigenous to western North America; it is named for its ears, which are large like those of the mule. Two subspecies of mule deer are grouped into the black-tailed deer .
They are widespread throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and are found in a wide variety of biomes. Cervids range in size from the 60 cm (24 in) long and 32 cm (13 in) tall pudú to the 3.4 m (11.2 ft) long and 3.4 m (11.2 ft) tall moose .
Bobcats, mountain lions, coyotes, and American black bears are all common predators of California Mule Deer. The largest predator of the California Mule deer is the Mountain Lion. Occasionally, these predators will hunt large healthy deer; however, these predators most often prey on weak, sick, or young deer or scavenge remains of dead deer. [6]
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Mule Deer vs. White-Tail Deer Just saw and photographed my first ever Mule Deer, not in Western Canada, as I’d expect from your article, but near Ottawa, in the Rideau Lakes Region of Ontario ...
Here's what the most toxic area in America is like. ... 40,000 tons of dead animals and manure were uncovered from trenches in Hanford, ... A herd of mule deer near one of Hanford's reactors in 2001.
The elk, or wapiti (Cervus canadensis), is one of the largest species of deer in the world and one of the largest mammals in North America and eastern Asia. In the deer family , only the moose, Alces alces (called an "elk" in Europe), is larger, and Cervus unicolor (the sambar deer) can rival the C. canadensis elk in size. Elk range in forest ...
Mule deer: Odocoileus hemionus: Cervidae Common throughout White-tailed deer: Odocoileus virginianus: Cervidae: Common throughout Moose: Alces americanus: Cervidae Northeastern reaches, Wallowa County, small population of the subspecies Shiras moose (A. a. shirasi); [36] largest extant species in deer family; herbivorous.