black-tailed deer
noun
: mule deer
especially
: one of a subspecies (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) especially of British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington
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White- and black-tailed deer, common in North American forestlands, exhibit this pattern.
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Jakob Vinther,
Scientific American,
1 Mar. 2017
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