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Scientific Name
Odocoileus hemionus
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Odocoileus hemionus (Rafinesque, 1817)
Park
Mojave National Preserve (MOJA)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
mule deer
Park Synonyms
Odocoileus hemionus californicus
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassMammalia
SubclassTheria
InfraclassEutheria
OrderArtiodactyla
FamilyCervidae
SubfamilyCapreolinae
GenusOdocoileus
SpeciesOdocoileus hemionus
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Jim Boone, PhD. Taxa Expert: Desert Wildlife Consultants, LLC, 1/6/2012; Drost and Hart, 2008. MOJN Mammal Inventory Report.
Nativeness
Unknown
Nativeness Notes
It is not known if release in 1948 was an augmentation, reintroduction or translocation.; Data Source: Neal Darby, MOJA Wildlife Biologits, 3/14/2012. Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Cultivation value was Persistent with comment: Data Source: Jim Boone, PhD. Taxa Expert: Desert Wildlife Consultants, LLC, 1/6/2012; Drost and Hart, 2008. MOJN Mammal Inventory Report.
Abundance
Uncommon
Abundance Notes
Data Source: Jim Boone, PhD. Taxa Expert: Desert Wildlife Consultants, LLC, 1/31/2012; Drost and Hart, 2008. MOJN Mammal Inventory Report.
Management Tags
  • Exploitation Concern
    Game species.
  • Management Priority
    Popular game species and central in water for wildlife issues.; Data Source: Neal Darby, MOJA Wildlife Biologist, 3/14/2012.
Seasonality Tags
  • Breeder
    Data Source: Jim Boone, PhD. Taxa Expert: Desert Wildlife Consultants, LLC, 1/6/2012; Drost and Hart, 2008. MOJN Mammal Inventory Report.
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
0
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
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Created Date
3/15/2004 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
ALoar@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
6/10/2013 3:24:54 PM
Notes
Park Species Detail: See synonym Odocoileus hemionus californicus (TSN# -9800627) to view additional species evidence., Park Species Data Source: Jim Boone, PhD. Taxa Expert: Desert Wildlife Consultants, LLC and Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp: (Accessed 1/9/2012)., Accepted Detail: Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.: http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp (Accessed 1/9/2012).
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