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Taxon: Genus Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832 - white-tailed deer and mule deer (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Rafinesque, 1832:109-110.
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Types

Type of: Odocoileini (Tribe) Pocock, 1923
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Odocoileus (Subgenus) Rafinesque, 1832
Type, by synonymy: Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780)

Variants

Different rank: Odocoileus (Subgenus) Rafinesque, 1832
Different spelling: Odocoelus (Genus) Allen, 1901 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling: Odontocoelus (Genus) Sclater, 1902 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Accepted name: Blastocerus (Genus) Wagner, 1844 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Blastocerus (Genus) Wagner, 1844 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Ozotoceros (Genus) Ameghino, 1891 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Paleodocoileus (Genus) Spillmann, 1931 Ref: PBDB: 4 Jul 2019.
Synonymous name: †Protomazama (Genus) Spillmann, 1931 Ref: PBDB: 4 Jul 2019.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: Amerikaanse herten

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: white-tailed deer and mule deer
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