Cervus elaphus

Linnaeus, 1758

Western Red Deer

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Cervinae
Tribe : Cervini
Genus : Cervus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Original name as described

Cervus Elaphus

Other common names

Stag · Barbary Red Deer · Bukhara Red Deer · Caspian Red Deer · Maral · Thyrrenian Red Deer · Persian Red Deer · Turkish Red Deer · Mesola Red Deer · Barbary Stag · Central European Red Deer · Common Red Deer · Norwegian Red Deer · Scottish Red Deer · Spanish Red Deer · Corsican Red Deer · Crimean Red Deer

Type locality

Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Ireland · United Kingdom · Norway · Sweden · Portugal · Spain · France · Belgium · Netherlands · Germany · Denmark · Luxembourg · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Croatia · Slovenia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Montenegro · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Iran · Iraq · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia

Taxonomy notes

includes maral, corsicanus, pannoniensis which were considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011; previously included C. hanglu and C. canadensis; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. · Lorenzini, R., & Garofalo, L. (2015). Insights into the evolutionary history of Cervus (Cervidae, tribe Cervini) based on Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial marker sequences, with first indications for a new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 53(4), 340-349. · Meiri, M., Kosintsev, P., Conroy, K., Meiri, S., Barnes, I., & Lister, A. (2018). Subspecies dynamics in space and time: a study of the red deer complex using ancient and modern DNA and morphology. Journal of Biogeography, 45(2), 367-380.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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