Capreolus pygargus

(Pallas, 1771)

Eastern Roe Deer

Also as Siberian Roe Deer.
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Location:Kazakhstan, Almaty ZooDate taken:May 25, 2013Description : Also as Siberian Roe Deer.

Distribution :

S Ural Mtns (Russia), N and E Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and S Siberia (Russia) eastward to Pacific coast, south into N and C China (N Sinkiang and Inner Mongolia south to Sichuan), N Mongolia, and Korea; apparently formerly in E Ukraine and N Caucasus Mtns (Russia) but original natural distribution not well documented.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5052

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Cervoidea
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Capreolinae
Tribe : Capreolini
Genus : Capreolus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1771. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Erster Theil. Kayserliche Academie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 504 pp.

Authority publication link

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k973339/f465.item

Original name as described

Cervus Pygargus

Other common names

Siberian Roe Deer

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

river Sok, Trans-Volga region (Russia).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan? · Mongolia · China · North Korea · South Korea · Myanmar?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006287

Country distribution map

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KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 28 names and synonyms.

Cervus Pygargus

(Pallas, 1771)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pygargus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

453

Authority page URI

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k973339/f465.item

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Pallas (1771:453, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k973339/f465.item) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68569)
  2. Müller (1776:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
  3. Erxleben (1777:317, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Borowski (1780:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  5. Boddaert (1785:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  6. Gmelin (1788:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  7. Kerr (1792:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  8. Link (1795:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  9. Shaw (1801:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  10. Turton (1802:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  11. Treviranus (1803:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  12. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  13. Muirhead (1819:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  14. Bowdich (1821:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43468)
  15. Schinz (1821:381, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  16. Desmarest (1822:440, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  17. Smith (1826:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59865)
  18. Lesson (1827:366, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  19. Fischer (1829:450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  20. Blyth (1840:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  21. Lesson (1842:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  22. Schinz (1845:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  23. David (1871:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62819)
  24. Nikol'skiy (1883:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67821)
  25. Zittel (1893:400, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40423942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62388)
  26. Matschie (1913:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67190)

Ahu

(S. G. Gmelin, 1774)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

ahu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cervus Ahu

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1783)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

ahu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

162

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Zimmermann (1783:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)

Capreolus Pygargus

Burnett, 1830

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pygargus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

353

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909463

Authority publication

Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art

Name usages

  1. Burnett (1830:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  2. Bonaparte (1845:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  3. Sundevall (1846:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40481)
  4. Gray (1850:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  5. Gray (1852:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39016)
  6. Gray (1852:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  7. Jerdon (1867:266, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  8. Gray (1872:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  9. Fitzinger (1874:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8286405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39160)
  10. Ward (1910:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  11. Weber (1928:570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
  12. Skalon (1935:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69597)
  13. Corbet & Hill (1991:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  14. Grubb (1993:390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  15. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  16. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  17. Smith & Xie (2008:459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  18. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  19. Groves & Grubb (2011:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  21. Agadjanian & Shunkov (2018:1453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38979)
  22. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  24. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42396/22161884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cervus Ahu

(J. E. Gray, 1852)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

ahu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

236

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278780

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1852:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39016)

Cervus capreolus pygargus

(Severtzov, 1873)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pygargus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

62

Authority publication

Известия Императорского Общества Любителей Естествознания

Name usages

Severtsov (1873:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)

Capriolus pygargus

Blanford, 1875

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pygargus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192047

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blanford (1875:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68515)

Cervus pygargus var. mantschuricus

(Noack, 1889)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mantschuricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31103854

Authority publication

Humboldt

Capreolus tianschanicus

Satunin, 1906

Family

Cervidae

Root name

tianschanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

527

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30259229

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capreolus bedfordi

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Cervidae

Root name

bedfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.7.99

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/da15c8c2-ff2d-4ce9-aff3-4131e685a9cb

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31939006

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1909:505, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16316)
  2. Thomas (1911:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  3. Weber (1928:570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
  4. Kishida & Mori (1931:380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69755)

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