Midrash for Chullin 126:56
אלא אי אמרת רבו חכם בשלמא שמייהו גמיר להו אלא אינהו מי ידע להו
In the MS.M. 'unclean' is actually in the text. Cf. Tosaf. s.v. V. Bah's note on Rashi a.l.
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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