Central European red deer
| Central European red deer | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Cervinae |
| Genus: | Cervus |
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| Subspecies: | C. e. hippelaphus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Cervus elaphus hippelaphus Erxleben, 1777
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TheCentral European red deerorcommon red deer(Cervus elaphus hippelaphus) is a subspecies ofred deernative tocentral Europe.[1]The deer's habitat ranges fromFrance,Switzerland,Austria,Germany,andDenmarkto the westernCarpathians.It was introduced toNew Zealand,Australia,Chile,andArgentina.
Description
[edit]Found throughout most of Europe, the deer is light-colored, with a light-colored rump patch bordering with black. The smallerSpanish red deer(Cervus elaphus hispanicus) is greyer, while theNorwegian red deer(Cervus elaphus atlanticus) is smaller and paler. TheMesola red deerhas been proposed as another subspecies.[2]
References
[edit]- ^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.ISSN0236-5383.PMID27165525.S2CID36286194.
- ^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.ISSN1125-0003.S2CID84202742.
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