Kingdom:
Animalia
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Phylum:
Chordata
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Class:
Mammalia
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Order:
Artiodactyla
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Family:
Cervidae
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Genus:
Dama
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Species:
Dama dama
Fallow deer - Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758)
Quick facts
Threat status Europe | Least Concern (IUCN) |
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Protected by | 3 international agreements |
Most preferred habitats |
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May also occur in |
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Distribution
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Threat and conservation status
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Legal text | Annex | Conditions | More information |
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Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention) | http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp | ||
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) | Protected at the subspecies level only | http://www.cites.org/eng | |
Synonym for this species is listed in CITES. See there for more details. |
Common names and synonyms
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Cervus dama | Linnaeus, 1758 |
Cervus platyceros | Cuvier, 1798 |
Cervus mauricus | Cuvier, 1816 |
Cervus leucaethiops | Fischer, 1829 |
Cervus maura | Fischer, 1829 |
Dama vulgaris | Gray, 1843 |
Platyceros plinii | Zimmermann, 1780 |
Other resources
CoL (accepted name) | Catalogue of Life |
EoL | Encyclopedia of Life |
Fauna Europaea | Fauna Europaea |
GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
ITIS (Valid name) | Interagency Taxonomic Information System |
NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
NOBANIS: Dama dama | European Network on Invasive Alien Species |
PESI (Accepted) | Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure |
Wikipedia | Wikipedia |