California mule deer
| California mule deer | |
|---|---|
| A young buck in Yosemite National Park | |
| Scientific 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) | |
The California mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus californicus) is a subspecies of mule deer whose range covers much of the state of California.