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Subspecies of deer

Central European red deer
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Cervus
Species: C. elaphus
Subspecies: C. e. hippelaphus
Trinomial name
Cervus elaphus hippelaphus
Erxleben, 1777

The Central European red deer or common red deer (Cervus elaphus hippelaphus) is a subspecies of red deer native to central Europe. The deer's habitat ranges from France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and Denmark to the western Carpathians. It was introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Chile, and Argentina.

Description

Found throughout most of Europe, the deer is light-colored, with a light-colored rump patch bordering with black. The smaller Spanish red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) is greyer, while the Norwegian red deer (Cervus elaphus atlanticus) is smaller and paler. The Mesola red deer has been proposed as another subspecies.

References

  1. Frank, Krisztián; Barta, Endre; Bana, Nóra Á; Nagy, János; Horn, Péter; Orosz, László; Stéger, Viktor (2016-06-01). "Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Hungarian red deer (Cervus elaphus hippelaphus) from high-throughput sequencing data and its phylogenetic position within the family Cervidae". Acta Biologica Hungarica. 67 (2): 133–147. doi:10.1556/018.67.2016.2.2. ISSN 0236-5383. PMID 27165525. S2CID 36286194.
  2. Zachos, F. E.; Mattioli, S.; Ferretti, F.; Lorenzini, R. (2014-01-02). "The unique Mesola red deer of Italy: taxonomic recognition (Cervus elaphus italicus nova ssp., Cervidae) would endorse conservation#". Italian Journal of Zoology. 81 (1): 136–143. doi:10.1080/11250003.2014.895060. ISSN 1125-0003. S2CID 84202742.

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Taxon identifiers
Cervus elaphus hippelaphus


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