Midrash for Chullin 126:26
מכדי משנה תורה לאוסופי הוא דאתא מאי שנא הכא דכתיב דאה ומאי שנא התם דלא כתיב דאה
Abimi the son of R'Abbahu learnt: There are seven hundred species of [unclean]<a rel="footnote" href="#10"><sup>10</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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