#0198 · 🦊 mammals
Mule Deer
🇳🇱 Muildierhert ·Odocoileus hemionus
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what is it?
The mule deer ( Odocoileus hemionus ) is a deer indigenous to western North America; it is named for its ears, which are large like those of the mule. The several subspecies include the black-tailed deer.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 210,589 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1817 (209 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Mule Deer
- Nederlands
- Muildierhert
- scientific name
- Odocoileus hemionus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Artiodactyla
- family
- Cervidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 210,589
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1817 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Cervidae
#0002 📷 8Western Roe Deer
🇳🇱 Ree
Capreolus capreolus
LC 👀 1.5k in NL
#0007 📷 10European Fallow Deer
🇳🇱 Damhert
Dama dama
LC 👀 755 in NL
#0011 📷 10Red Deer
🇳🇱 Edelhert
Cervus elaphus
LC 👀 345 in NL
#0056 📷 7Sika Deer
🇳🇱 Sikahert
Cervus nippon
LC 👀 4 in NL
#0074 📷 9White-tailed Deer
🇳🇱 Virginiahert
Odocoileus virginianus
LC 🌍 431.3k seen
#0081 📷 10Moose
🇳🇱 Eland
Alces alces
LC 🌍 73.2k seen
#0082 📷 7Wapiti
Cervus canadensis
LC 🌍 64.3k seen
#0094 📷 8Caribou
🇳🇱 Kariboe
Rangifer tarandus
VU 🌍 13.1k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 42220, Wikidata Q338831, GBIF 2440974, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.