Midrash for Chullin 126:24
עומדת בבבל ורואה נבלה בארץ ישראל
It must therefore be said that the da'ah, the ra'ah, the ayyah and the dayyah are all one and the same.<a rel="footnote" href="#9"><sup>9</sup></a>
Sifrei Devarim
And we are taught that the unclean beasts (and animals) are more numerous than the clean ones; for in all places Scripture specifies the lesser, viz. (Devarim, Ibid.) "This is the beast that you may eat … (5) the hart, the gazelle, and the fallow deer."
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