He is so called for two reasons: first, many males have dark stripes across their shoulders and the same kind of stripes across the loin; the mule-deer has the same; secondly, the mule-deer has enormous ears, equalling, if not exceeding, in size those of the mule.
Jacobs explains the naming of the mule-deer based on its physical characteristics, linking it to the animal's appearance.
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