The
Capreolinae,
Odocoileinae, or the
New World deer are a
subfamily of
deer. Alternatively, they are known as the
telemetacarpal deer, due to their bone structure being different from the plesiometacarpal deer subfamily
Cervinae. The telemetacarpal deer maintain their distal lateral
metacarpals, while the plesiometacarpal deer maintain only their proximal lateral metacarpals. The Capreolinae are believed to have originated in the Late
Miocene, between 7.7 and 11.5 million years ago, in central Asia.