Odocoileus Rafinesque 1832 (New World deer)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 42682
Synonyms: Paleodocoileus Spillmann 1931 (no. 388555), Protomazama Spillmann 1931 (no. 388556)
Parent taxon: Odocoileini according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 2003
Sister taxa: Blastocerus, Hippocamelus, Mazama, Morenelaphus, Navahoceros, Odocoileini, Ozotoceros, Pavlodaria, Pudini, Rohnia
Subtaxa: Odocoileus brachydontus, Odocoileus brachyodontus, Odocoileus dolichopsis, Odocoileus hemionus, Odocoileus laevicornis, Odocoileus peruvianus, Odocoileus rothschildi, Odocoileus salinae, Odocoileus sellardsiae, Odocoileus virginianus
Ecology: scansorial browser