Odocoileus lucasi Hay 1927 (New World deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Alternative combination: Cervus lucasi

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1927. The Pleistocene of the Western Region of North America and Its Vertebrated Animals 1-346

Belongs to Odocoileus according to G. V. Morejohn and D. C. Dailey 2004

See also Hay 1927 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Navahoceros, Odocoileus brachydontus, Odocoileus brachyodontus, Odocoileus dolichopsis, Odocoileus hemionus, Odocoileus laevicornis, Odocoileus peruvianus, Odocoileus rothschildi, Odocoileus salinae, Odocoileus sellardsiae, Odocoileus virginianus, Cariacus brachyceros

Type specimen: USNM 11605, a partial skeleton

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)

• Blancan of United States (5: Idaho)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Idaho)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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