DCHP-3

blacktail(ed) deer

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, of western North America, or its smaller relative of the Rocky Mountain region, O. hemionus columbianus, the Columbia blacktailed deer.

Quotations

1858
Our Stoney hunter shot a blacktail deer today.
1887
There is just the black tailed deer, the white tailed deer, and the antelope. . . .
1958
The mule deer and black-tailed deer . . . because of the difference in their size and colour, were once thought to be distinct species.