DCHP-3

mule deer†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the Rocky Mountain mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus hemionus.

See: jumper ((1))(def. 2),jumping deer(def. 2),muley

Quotations

1892
The best known of the larger land animals of Canada . . . are . . . mule-deer, in the Rocky Mountain region only. . . .
1966
At the same time a count in March indicated an average of 32 surviving calf elk a 100 cows, 48 mule deer fawns a 100 does and 40 whitetail fawns a 100 does.