| Odocoileus Temporal range: Pleistocene to present | |
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| Odocoileus virginianus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Tribe: | Odocoileini |
| Genus: | Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832[1] |
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| Odocoileus speleus[1] Rafinesque, 1832 | |
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Odocoileus hemionus | |
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".
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Odocoileus hemionus | Mule deer | western half of North America. |
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Odocoileus pandora | Yucatan brown brocket | Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize) |
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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.[5] |
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