MULE or BLACK-TAILED DEER, Odocoileus hemionus 



Range. — Western North America from southern 

 Yukon to Baja California and Mexico. 



Hahitat. — Forests and open country, in momi- 

 tains and at sea level. 



Races in Alaska. — The native deer of Alaska, 

 known as the Sitka black-tailed deer, of the race 

 sitken-sis (type locality : Sitka) , occupy the coastal 

 islands and mainland of southeastern Alaska, 

 north to Juneau. The more wide-ranging, typical 

 race hemiomis occupies adjacent country to the 

 east, and was reported from along the lower Sti- 

 kine River in the fall of 1961. 



IntroductioTLS. — Black-tailed deer were intro- 

 duced on Long Island in 1924 and 1930 and on 

 Kodiak Island in 1934, and other transplants have 

 become established on the islands of Prince Wil- 

 liam Sound and at Yakutat. 



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