What is the scientific name for the mule deer?

Answer 1

Its difficult to answer this question without knowing which deer species you are referring to, so here is a generic answer:

Deer belong to the following categories:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Artiodactyla

Suborder: Ruminantia

Infraorder: Pecora

Family: Cervidae

Subfamilies: Cervinae; Hydropotinae; Capreolinae/Odocoileinae; Muntiacinae

Cervinae (True Deer, Old World Deer):

Genus Cervus:

Subgenus Cervus:

European red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Central Asian Red Deer (Cervus affinis)

North American Elk (Cervus canadensis)

Subgenus Przewalskium:

Thorold's deer, or white-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris)

Subgenus Sika:

Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)

Subgenus Rucervus:

Barasingha (Cervus duvaucelii)

Schomburgk's Deer (Cervus schomburgki) (extinct, 1938)

Eld's Deer or Thamin (Cervus eldii)

Subgenus Rusa:

Indian Sambar (Cervus unicolor)

Sunda Sambar or Rusa Deer (Cervus timorensis)

Philippine Sambar (Cervus mariannus)

Philippine Spotted Deer or Visayan Spotted Deer (Cervus alfredi)

Genus Axis:

Subgenus Axis:

Chital or Axis deer (Axis axis)

Subgenus Hyelaphus:

Hog deer (Axis porcinus)

Calamian deer (Axis calamianensis)

Bawean deer (Axis kuhlii)

Genus Elaphurus:

Père David's Deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

Genus Dama:

Fallow deer (Dama dama)

Giant Deer (Megaloceros giganteus)

Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica)

Hydropotinae (Water Deer):

Chinese water deer (Hydroptes inermis)

Muntiacinae (Muntjacs):

Gednus Muntiacus:

Indian muntjac or Common Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak)

Reeves's muntjac or Chinese Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)

Hairy-fronted muntjac or Black Muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons)

Fea's muntjac (Muntiacus feae)

Bornean Yellow muntjac (Muntiacus atherodes)

Roosevelt's muntjac (Muntiacus rooseveltorum)

Gongshan muntjac (Muntiacus gongshanensis)

Giant muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis)

Truong Son muntjac (Muntiacus truongsonensis)

Leaf muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis)

Genus cephalophus:

Tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus)

Odocoileinae (New World Deer):

Genus Odocoileus:

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)

Genus Blastocerus:

Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Genus Ozotoceros:

Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)

Genus Mazama:

Red Brocket (Mazama americana)

Merioa Brocket (Mazama bricenii)

Dwarf Brocket (Mazama chunyi)

Grey Brocket (Mazama gouazoubira)

Pygmy Brocket (Mazama nana)

Yucatan Brown Brocket (Mazama pandora)

Little Red Brocket (Mazama rufina)

Genus Pudu:

Northern Pudú (Pudu mephistophiles) (smallest deer in the world)

Southern Pudú (Pudu pudu)

Genus Hippocamelus:

Peruvian Guemul or North Andean Deer (Hippocamelus antisensis)

Chilean Huemul or South Andean Deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus)

Genus Capreolus:

European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Siberian Roe Deer (Capreolus pygargus)

Genus Rangifer:

Caribou/Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Genus Alces:

Moose (Alces alces; called "Elk" in British English and Scandinavia) (largest deer in the world)

Genus Cervalces:

Stag Moose (Cervalces scotti) (extinct)

Answer 2

The scientific name for a moose is Alces americanus.

The name moose is derived from the Algonquian Eastern Abnaki name moz, meaning "he trims, shaves".

Answer 3

Alces alces is the scientific name for all moose. There are four subspecies in North America -

The Eastern Moose, A. a. americana

The Western Moose, A. a. andersoni

The Alaskan Moose , A. a. gigas

The Shiras Moose, A. a. shirasi

There are also two Eurasian subspecies -

The European Elk, A. a. alces

The Siberian Moose, A. a. cameloides

Answer 4

An obese bison and a fatless bison cannot be two subspecies but not even small bison and large bison may be.

Answer 5

The scientific name for the hairy mammoth is Mammothus Primigenius.

Answer 6

Odocoilinae Alces alces

Answer 7

Bison bison for the North American Bison and Bison bonansus for the European Bison.

Answer 8

Odocoileus hemionus