Index of Common And Scientific Names
| The NASHC currently recognizes five major groups of big game and
23 sub-species found throughout North America. The most recent addition of a
sub-species was the California Tule Elk. |
Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
| White-tailed Deer Family |
Odocoileus
virginianus |
| Coues’ Whitetail |
O.v. couesi |
| Dakota Whitetail |
O.v. ssp |
| Kansas Whitetail |
O.v. ssp |
| Northeastern Whitetail |
O.v. ssp |
| Northwestern Whitetail |
O.v. ssp |
| Northern Woodland Whitetail |
O.v. ssp |
| Texas Whitetail |
O.v. ssp |
| Mule & Blacktail
Deer Family |
Odocoileus hemionus |
| Desert Mule Deer |
O.h. crooki |
| Rocky Mountain Mule Deer |
O.h. hemionus |
| Columbia Blacktail Deer |
O.h. columbianus |
| Sitka Blacktail Deer |
O.h. sitkensis |
| Elk or Wapiti Family |
Cervus elaphus |
| American Elk |
C.e. americanus |
| Roosevelt’s Elk |
C.e. roosevelti |
| Tule Elk |
C.e. nannodes |
| Moose Family |
Alces alces |
| Alaska-Yukon Moose |
A.a. gigas |
| Shiras Moose |
A.a. shirasi |
| Eastern Canada Moose |
A.a. americana |
| Western Canada Moose |
A.a. andersoni |
| Caribou or Reindeer
Family |
Rangifer tarandus |
| Alaska Barren Ground Caribou |
R.t. granti Central |
| Canada Barren Ground Caribou |
R.t. groenlandicus |
| Mountain Caribou |
R.t. caribou |
| Woodland Caribou |
R.t. caribou |
| Quebec-Labrador Caribou |
R.t. caribou |
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