Odocoileus
| Odocoileus Temporal range: Pleistocene to present
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| Odocoileus virginianus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Tribe: | Odocoileini |
| Genus: | Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Odocoileus speleus Rafinesque, 1832
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| Species | |
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Odocoileus hemionus | |
Odocoileus is a genus of medium-sized deer (family Cervidae) containing three species native to the Americas. The name, sometimes spelled odocoeleus, is a contraction of the Greek root odont-, meaning "tooth," and -coelus, New Latin for "hollow".