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Taxonomy
Cervus hemionus was named by Rafinesque (1817). It is extant.
It was recombined as Dama hemionus by Hall and Kelson (1959); it was recombined as Odocoileus hemionus by Schultz and Howard (1935), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Morgan and Rinehart (2007) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
It was recombined as Dama hemionus by Hall and Kelson (1959); it was recombined as Odocoileus hemionus by Schultz and Howard (1935), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Morgan and Rinehart (2007) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1817 | Cervus hemionus Rafinesque |
| 1889 | Cariacus ensifer Cope |
| 1898 | Odocoileus columbianus Merriam |
| 1902 | Dama ensifer Hay p. 684 |
| 1935 | Odocoileus hemionus Schultz and Howard p. 287 |
| 1937 | Odocoileus cascensis Frick |
| 1937 | Odocoileus ensifer Frick |
| 1959 | Dama hemionus Hall and Kelson |
| 1980 | Odocoileus hemionus Kurten and Anderson p. 312 |
| 2007 | Odocoileus hemionus Morgan and Rinehart p. 48 |
| 2008 | Odocoileus hemionus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 978 figs. Fig. 5 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Odocoileus hemionus Rafinesque 1817 [mule deer]
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Invalid names: Cariacus ensifer Cope 1889 [synonym], Odocoileus cascensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Odocoileus columbianus Merriam 1898 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | USA (Washington) | Odocoileus hemionus (235058) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Texas) | Odocoileus hemionus (93258) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Odocoileus casciensis (20319) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Washington) | Odocoileus ensifer (20307) | |
| Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Odocoileus hemionus (20323) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Odocoileus hemionus (20639) | |
| Rancholabrean (glacial) | USA (California) | Odocoileus hemionus (20624) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Odocoileus hemionus (79655 93281) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (California) | Odocoileus hemionus (20579 20585) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Mexico (Sonora) | Odocoileus hemionus (20633) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Arkansas) | Odocoileus hemionus (216259) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Canada (British Columbia) | Odocoileus hemionus (74496) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Odocoileus hemionus (73752 225801) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Odocoileus hemionus (93528) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Colorado) | Odocoileus hemionus (74953 74954) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Utah) | Odocoileus hemionus (93326) | |
| Holocene | USA (Montana) | Odocoileus hemionus (162133) | |
| Holocene | USA (Texas) | Odocoileus hemionus (74474) |