Odocoileus

2 species

| Mule Deer or Black-tailed Deer || White-tailed Deer or Cariacou |
| Odocoileus hemionus || Odocoileus virginianus |

 

Mule Deer or Black-tailed DeerCommun name : Mule Deer or Black-tailed Deer
Latin name : Odocoileus hemionus (Rafinesque 1817)
Localisation : western and central North America.
Habitat : forest
Size :

Antlers rise and split into pairs and split into smaller pairs, they generally have a white face, and the tail is white all around.

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11 sub-species

  • Odocoileus hemionus californicus : California Mule Deer, California (Caton 1876) .
  • Odocoileus hemionus cerrosensis : Cedros (Cerros) Island Mule Deer, Cerros Island, Baja, California (Merriam 1898) .
  • Odocoileus hemionus columbianus : Columbian Black-tailed or Coast Deer, British Columbia and northern California (Richardson 1829) .
  • Odocoileus hemionus crooki : Desert Mule Deer, north Mexico (Mearns 1897) .
  • Odocoileus hemionus eremicus : Burro Deer, northwest Mexico and Arizona (Mearns 1897) .
  • Odocoileus hemionus fuliginatus : Southern Mule Deer, California (Cowan 1937) .
  • Odocoileus hemionus hemionus : Mule Deer, western and central North America (Rafinesque 1817) .
  • Odocoileus hemionus inyoensis : Inyo Mule Deer, California (Cowen 1933) .
  • Odocoileus hemionus peninsulae : Peninsula Mule Deer, Baja, California (Lydekker 1898) .
  • Odocoileus hemionus sheldoni : Tiburon Island Mule Deer, Tiburon Island (Goldman 1939) .
  • Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis : Sitka Deer, coastal area and islands off western British Columbia (Merriam 1898) .

White-tailed Deer or CariacouCommun name : White-tailed Deer or Cariacou
Latin name : Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Localisation : south Canada, USA, Central America, Peru, Brazil, introduce in Czechoslovakia, Finland, New-Zealand.
Habitat : forest, marsh, grassland
Size : 1,5 to 2 m length, 1 m high

Very shy, elegant. Carateristic Antler with one main branch on each side sweeping forward, with spikes rising from the main branchs. They generally have a brown face and the top of the tail is brown, the white is on the underside and is only see when raised as a white flag of danger to the other deer

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38 sub-species

  • Odocoileus virginianus acapulcensis : Acapulco White-tailed Deer, southern Mexico (Caton 1877) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus borealis : Northern Woodland White-tailed Deer, southeastern Canada and northeastern United States (Miller 1900) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus cariacou : Venado Deer, French Guiana and North Brazil (Boddaert 1784) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus carminis : Carmen Mountain White-tailed Deer, northern Mexico (Goldman & Kellog 1940) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus chiriquensis : Chiriqui White-tailed Deer, Panama (J.A. Allen 1910) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus clavium : Florida Key White-tailed Deer, Florida Keys (Barbour & G.M. Allen 1922) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus couesi : Coues White-tailed, Fantail Deer or Arizona White-tailed Deer, Sunta Cruz, Arizona (Coues & Yarrow 1875) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus curassavicus : Venado Deer (8), Curacao Island (Hummelinek 1940) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus dacotensis : Dakota White-tailed Deer, Alberta and northern Dakota (Goldman & Kellog 1940) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus goudotii : Venado Deer (3), Columbia (Andes) and west Venezuela (Gay & Gervais 1846) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus gymnotis : Venado Deer (2), Venezuela and Guianas (Wergmann 1833) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus hiltonensis : Hilton Head Island White-tailed Deer, Hilton Head Island (Goldman & Kellog 1940) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus leucurus : Columbian White-tailed Deer, Oregon and western coastal area (Douglas 1929) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus macrourus : Kansas White-tailed Deer, Kansas and neighboring States (Rafinesque 1817) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus margaritae : Venado Deer (6), Margarita Islands (Osgood 1910) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus mcilhennyi : Avery Island White-tailed Deer, Louisiana (Miller 1928) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus mexicanus : Mexican White-tailed Deer, central Mexico (Gmelin 1788) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus miquihuanensis : Miquihuan White-tailed Deer, central Mexico (Goldman & Kellog 1940) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus nelson : Chiapas White-tailed Deer, southern Mexico and Guatamala (Merriam 1898) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis : Blackbeard Island White-tailed Deer, Blackbeard Island (Goldman & Kellog 1940) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus oaxacensis : Oaxaca White-tailed Deer, southern Mexico (Goldman & Kellog 1940) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus ochrourus : Northwest White-tailed Deer, northwesern United States and Canada (V. Bailey 1932) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus osceola : Florida Coastal White-tailed Deer, northerwestern Florida (Banqs 1896) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus peruvianus : Venado Deer (4), Peru (Gray 1874) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus rothschildi : Coiba Island White-tailed Deer, Coiba Island (Thomas 1902) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus seminolus : Florida White-tailed Deer, Florida (Goldman & Kellog 1940) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus sinaloae : Sinaloa White-tailed Deer, mid-western Mexico (J.A. Allen 1903) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus taurinsulae : Bulls Island White-tailed Deer, Bulls Island (Goldman & Kellog 1940) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus texanus : Texas White-tailed Deer, Texas and adjacent states (Mearns 1898) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus thomasi : Mexican Lowland White-tailed Deer, southeastern Mexico (Merriam 1898) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus toltecus : Rain Forest White-tailed Deer, southern Mexico (Saussure 1860) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus tropicalis : Venado Deer (7), western Columbia (Cabrera 1918) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus truei : Nicaragua White-tailed Deer, Nicaragua and adjacent states (Merriam 1898) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus ustus : Venado Deer (5), Ecuator (Trouessart 1910) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus venatorius : Hunting Island White-tailed Deer, Hunting Island (Goldman & Kellog 1940) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus veraecrucis : Northern Veracruz White-tailed Deer, eastern Mexico (Goldman & Kellog 1940) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus virginianus : Virginia White-tailed Deer, Virginia and adjacent states (Zimmermann 1780) .
  • Odocoileus virginianus yucatanensis : Yacatan White-tailed Deer, Yucatan and Honduras (Hays 1872) .