California mule deer

California mule deer
A young buck in Yosemite National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Capreolinae
Genus: Odocoileus
Species:
Subspecies:
O. h. californicus
Trinomial name
Odocoileus hemionus californicus
(Caton, 1876)
A mature buck in Yosemite National Park

The California mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus californicus) is a subspecies of mule deer whose range covers much of the state of California.[1]

  1. ^ U.S. Forest Service distribution Map — Odocoileus hemionus (Mule Deer) — including subspecies californicus . accessed 3.39.2013.