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VIII. 20. THE MULE DEER (Cariacus macrotis).—While the Virginian Deer (Cariacus virginianus) is widely distributed all over the continent of North America, it is necessary to go far to the west before we arrive within the limits of the range of the two other species of the same group—the Mule Deer (C. macrotis), and the Black-tail (C. columbianus). Of these western deer, the latter, of which the Zoological Society had living specimens some years ago,2 is confined to a narrow strip of land along the Pacific coast. But the Mule Deer has a larger distribution, being found on both sides of the Rocky Mountains, and extending eastwards of the main range, far into the prairies of Missouri.
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Illustrations of New or Rare Animals in the Zoological Society's Living Collection 1 . Nature 26, 131–134 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026131a0
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