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Odocoileus
Odocoileus
Translingual
Proper noun
Odocoileus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cervidae – medium-sized deer, the two extant species of which are native to the Americas.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Cetartiodactyla - clade; Artiodactyla - order; Cervidae - family; Capreolinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Odocoileus virginianus - type species; Odocoileus hemionus - other extant species