Classifications and Sub-Species

Family Cervidae
- Genus Odocoileus
  - Species virginianus (United States and Canada)
    - Odocoileus virginianus borealis (northern woodland whitetail)
    - Odocoileus virginianus clavium (Key deer)
    - Odocoileus virginianus carminis (Carmen Mountains whitetail)
    - Odocoileus virginianus couesi (Coues / Arizona whitetail)
    - Odocoileus virginianus dakotensis (Dakota whitetail)
    - Odocoileus virginianus hiltonensis (Hilton Head white-tailed deer)
    - Odocoileus virginianus leucurus (Columbian white-tailed deer)
    - Odocoileus virginianus macrourus (Kansas whitetail)
    - Odocoileus virginianus mcilhennyi (Avery Island whitetail)
    - Odocoileus virginianus nigribarbis (Blackbeard Island white-tailed deer)
    - Odocoileus virginianus ochrourus (Idaho white-tailed deer)
    - Odocoileus virginianus osceola (Florida coastal whitetail)
    - Odocoileus virginianus seminolus (Florida whitetail)
    - Odocoileus virginianus taurinsulae (Bulls Island white-tailed deer)
    - Odocoileus virginianus texanus (Texas white-tailed deer)
    - Odocoileus virginianus venatorius (Hunting Island white-tailed deer)
    - Odocoileus virginianus virginianus (Virginia whitetail)
  - Species virginianus (Central and South America)
    - Odocoileus virginianus acapulcensis (southern Mexico)
    - Odocoileus virginianus cariacou (French Guiana and north Brazil)
    - Odocoileus virginianus chiriquensis (Panama)
    - Odocoileus virginianus curassavicus (Curacao Island - Dutch Protectorate)
    - Odocoileus virginianus goudotii (Columbia and west Venezuela)
    - Odocoileus virginianus gymnotis (Venezuela and Guianas)
    - Odocoileus virginianus margaritae (Margarita Islands, Venezuela)
    - Odocoileus virginianus mexicanus (central Mexico)
    - Odocoileus virginianus miquihuanensis (central Mexico)
    - Odocoileus virginianus nelsoni (southern Mexico and Guatamala)
    - Odocoileus virginianus oaxacensis (southern Mexico)
    - Odocoileus virginianus peruvianus (Peru)
    - Odocoileus virginianus rothschildi (Coiba Island, Panama)
    - Odocoileus virginianus sinaloae (mid-western Mexico)
    - Odocoileus virginianus thomasi (southeastern Mexico)
    - Odocoileus virginianus toltecus (southern Mexico}
    - Odocoileus virginianus tropicalis (western Columbia)
    - Odocoileus virginianus truei (Nicaragua and adjacent region)
    - Odocoileus virginianus ustus (Ecuador)
    - Odocoileus virginianus veraecrucis (eastern Mexico)
    - Odocoileus virginianus yucatanensis (Yucatan and Honduras)
  - Species hemionus (Western & Central North America)
    - Odocoileus hemionus californicus (California Mule Deer)
    - Odocoileus hemionus cerrosensis (Cedros (Cerros) Island Mule Deer)
    - Odocoileus hemionus columbianus (Columbian Black-tailed or Coast Deer, British Columbia and northern California)
    - Odocoileus hemionus crooki (Desert Mule Deer, north Mexico)
    - Odocoileus hemionus eremicus (Burro Deer, northwest Mexico and Arizona)
    - Odocoileus hemionus fuliginatus (Southern Mule Deer, California)
    - Odocoileus hemionus hemionus (Mule Deer, western and central North America)
    - Odocoileus hemionus inyoensis (Inyo Mule Deer, California)
    - Odocoileus hemionus peninsulae (Peninsula Mule Deer, Baja, California)
    - Odocoileus hemionus sheldoni (Tiburon Island Mule Deer, Tiburon Island)
    - Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis (Sitka Deer, coastal area and islands off western British Columbia)