Odocoileus
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Odocoileus is a genus of medium-sized deer that contains three species.
- Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is indigenous to the western half of North America.
- White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is found throughout most of the continental United States, southern Canada, Mexico, Central America and northern portions of South America as far south as Peru.
- Black-tailed deer, A species of deer native to British Columbia, Canada and Alaska

