{{SpeciesboxInfobox spesies|name=Rusa bagal|image=Mule buck elk creek m myatt (5489214303).jpg|image_caption=Rusa bagal jantan didekat [[Sungai Elk]], Oregon|image2=Mule deer doe backlit.jpg|image2_caption=Rusa bagal betina di [[Swall Meadows, California|Swall Meadows]], California|status=LC|status_system=IUCN3.1|status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Sanchez-Rojas, G. |author2=Gallina-Tessaro, S. |date=2016 |title=''Odocoileus hemionus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T42393A22162113 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42393A22162113.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>|taxon=Odocoileus hemionus|authority=[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz|Rafinesque]], 1817<ref>{{ITIS|id=180698|taxon=''Odocoileus hemionus''|access-date=23 March 2006}}</ref>|subdivision_ranks=Subspesies|subdivision=10, namun beberapa diperdebatkan|range_map=Odocoileus_hemionus_map.svg|range_map_caption=Peta distribusi subspesies:
{{legend|#502D16|Rusa ekor-hitam sitka (''O. h. sitkensis'')}}
{{legend|#803300|Rusa ekor-hitam kolombia (''O. h. columbianus'')}}