Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alternative combinations: Cervus virginianus, Dama virginiana
Belongs to Odocoileus according to R. E. Eshelman et al. 2025
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Cisneros 2005, Hay 1902, Hershkovitz 1982, Hulbert and Pratt 1998, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1860, Lundelius 1972, Schultz and Howard 1935, Smith 1991 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Odocoileus brachydontus, Odocoileus brachyodontus, Odocoileus cascensis, Odocoileus cooki, Odocoileus dolichopsis, Odocoileus hemionus, Odocoileus laevicornis, Odocoileus lucasi, Odocoileus peruvianus, Odocoileus rothschildi, Odocoileus salinae, Odocoileus sellardsiae, Odocoileus sheridanus, Paleoodocoileus gracilis, Paleoodocoileus salinae, Cariacus laevicornis, Cariacus brachyceros
Subtaxa: Odocoileus virginianus aplodon
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (6: Alberta, Ontario, Quebec collections), Guatemala (2), Mexico (4), Panama (1), United States (128: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1), United States (4: Florida)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 148 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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