Odocoileini
Tribe of deer
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Odocoileini is a tribe of deer, containing seven extant genera and several extinct ones.
| Odocoileini | |
|---|---|
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| Odocoileus virginianus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Tribe: | Odocoileini |
| Genera | |
The common character of this tribe is vomerine septum that completely separates the choana.[1]
Phylogeny
Phylogeny by Gilbert et al. 2006[2] and Duarte et al. 2008,[3] that showed Mazama is polyphyletic.
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