Dama mesopotamica

(Brooke, 1875)

Persian Fallow Deer

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Brooke, V., 3rd Baronet. 1875-08. On a new species of deer from Mesopotamia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875(2):261-266.

Original name as described

Cervus (Dama) mesopotamicus

Other common names

Mesopotamian Fallow Deer

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.4.7.1, BMNH:Mamm:1897.11.11.1, BMNH:Mamm:1897.11.11.2

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Iran.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran · Israel

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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