Odocoileus
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Odocoileus virginianus
Translingual
Etymology
A contraction from Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”).
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): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Cervidae - family; Capreolinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Odocoileus virginianus - type species; Odocoileus hemionus - other extant species
Further reading
Odocoileus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Odocoileus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Odocoileus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Odocoileus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Odocoileus at Animal Diversity Web
- Odocoileus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Odocoileus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Odocoileus at Paleobiology Database
