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mule deer
noun
: a long-eared deer (Odocoileus hemionus) of western North America that is larger and more heavily built than the white-tailed deer
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These and other species (like mule deer) prefer wide open overpasses — as opposed to the long and narrow underpasses preferred by mountain lions and black bears.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2025
Creatures people see regularly include bobcats, gray foxes, mule deer, coyotes, reptiles (though not in winter), and collared peccaries, which resemble small pigs and travel around in little family groups eating cacti.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
According to the University at Buffalo, the petroglyphs at Buckskin Gulch are likely at least 800 years old, if not far older, and were carved by ancestran Puebloan people, who used the area to hunt mule deer and bighorn sheep and grow corn, beans, and squash.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 20 Nov. 2025
Studies in the Owyhees have indicated that the leading cause of death for mule deer and California bighorn sheep is mountain lion predation.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2025
Creatures people see regularly include bobcats, gray foxes, mule deer, coyotes, reptiles (though not in winter), and collared peccaries, which resemble small pigs and travel around in little family groups eating cacti.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
According to the University at Buffalo, the petroglyphs at Buckskin Gulch are likely at least 800 years old, if not far older, and were carved by ancestran Puebloan people, who used the area to hunt mule deer and bighorn sheep and grow corn, beans, and squash.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 20 Nov. 2025
Studies in the Owyhees have indicated that the leading cause of death for mule deer and California bighorn sheep is mountain lion predation.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Mule deer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mule%20deer. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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