Odocoileus hemionus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,632 meters (0 to 11,916 feet).[1]

Biome: Terrestrial

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Odocoileus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 66 species and subspecies in this genus:

O. columbianus · O. hemionus (Black-Tailed Deer) · O. hemionus californicus · O. hemionus canus · O. hemionus cerrosensis (Cedros Island Black-Tailed Deer) · O. hemionus columbiana · O. hemionus columbianus · O. hemionus crooki · O. hemionus eremica · O. hemionus eremicus · O. hemionus fuliginatus · O. hemionus hemionus (Rocky Mountain Mule Deer) · O. hemionus inyoensis · O. hemionus peninsulae · O. hemionus sheldoni · O. hemionus sitkensis (Sitka Black-Tailed Deer Mule Deer) · O. hemionus spp · O. hemionus subsp · O. hemionus x · O. lasiotis · O. lucasi · O. margaritae · O. osceola · O. virginana · O. virginiana couesi · O. virginianus (White-Tailed Deer) · O. virginianus acapulcensis · O. virginianus borealis · O. virginianus carminis · O. virginianus chiriquensis · O. virginianus clavium (Key Deer Toy Deer) · O. virginianus couesi · O. virginianus dacotensis (White-Tailed Deer) · O. virginianus dakotensis · O. virginianus gymnotis (White-Tailed Deer) · O. virginianus hiltonensis (Hilton Head Deer) · O. virginianus leucurus (Columbian White-Tailed Deer) · O. virginianus macroura · O. virginianus macrourus · O. virginianus margaritae · O. virginianus mcilhennyi · O. virginianus mexicanus · O. virginianus miquihuanensis · O. virginianus nelsoni · O. virginianus nigribarbis (Blackbeard Island Deer) · O. virginianus oaxacensis · O. virginianus ochrourus · O. virginianus osceola · O. virginianus peruvianus · O. virginianus rothschildi · O. virginianus seminolus · O. virginianus sinaloae · O. virginianus sinaloensis · O. virginianus spp · O. virginianus taurinsulae (Bulls Island Deer) · O. virginianus texana · O. virginianus texanus · O. virginianus thomasi · O. virginianus toltecus · O. virginianus tropicalis (Venado Deer) · O. virginianus truei · O. virginianus ustus · O. virginianus venatoria (Hunting Island Deer) · O. virginianus veraecrucis · O. virginianus virginianus (White-Tailed Deer) · O. virginianus yucatanensis

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
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• Deer Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
• Deer Specialist Group 1996. Odocoileus hemionus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 14 providers.
• Pippen, Jeffrey S. Jeff's Nature Page. Accessed December 8, 2007.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• GBIF-Sweden: Mammals (NRM)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• Utah Museum of Natural History: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2478744
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625196
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180698
• IUCN ID: 42393
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMALC02010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8277

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,304.660 meters (4,280.381 feet), Standard Deviation = 927.600 based on 110 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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