

Two subspecies of Blacktails exist, the Columbian Blacktail ( Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) and the Sitka Blacktail ( Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) the Blacktail in Call of the Wild is of the Columbian subspecies, and the Sitka does not currently exist in the game. Mule and Blacktail deer interbreed freely wherever the two have overlapping territories, and numerous local subspecies of the two exist.


The Blacktail Deer is a smaller cousin of the Whitetail Deer the related Mule Deer having evolved from cross-breeding between Whitetails and Blacktails some two million years ago.
