🦌
Mule deer
Odocoileus hemionus
Mammals · Least concern
vs
🐃
White-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus
Mammals · Least concern
2 clips name both of them
79,234 views between them.
Level on mass: Mule deer 57 kg, White-tailed deer 65.3 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
57 kg
🦌 Mule deer · COMBINE
65 kg
🐃 White-tailed deer · COMBINE
Body length
1.81 m
🦌 Mule deer · COMBINE
1.81 m
🐃 White-tailed deer · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
22 yr
🦌 Mule deer · COMBINE
23 yr
🐃 White-tailed deer · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Odocoileus (genus), home to 22 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.