Capreolus capreolus

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,037 meters (0 to 9,964 feet).[1]

Ecology: It occupies a wide variety of habitats , including deciduous, mixed or coniferous forests , moorland, pastures, arable land , and suburban areas with large gardens. It prefers landscapes with a mosaic of woodland and farmland (Stubbe 1999). Roe deer are well adapted to modern agricultural landscapes (Andersen et al. 1998, Danilkin 1996; Sempéré et al. 1996).[2].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.1     Forest - Boreal   
  
•     1.2     Forest - Subarctic   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.3     Shrubland - Boreal   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.2     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks   
  
•     5.3     Wetlands (inland) - Shrub Dominated Wetlands   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004

The taxonomy and systematics of the European Roe Deer have been based on morphological and genetic data . The following subspecies have been recently confirmed by molecular data (Lorenzini et al. 2002; Randi et al. 2004; Lorenzini and Lovari 2006): 1) C. c. italicus Festa, 1925; 2) C. c. garganta Muenier, 1983; 3) C. c. capreolus Linnaeus, 1758. The identification of C. c. caucasicus as correct name for large-sized subspecies north of Caucasus Mountains is provisional (Sempéré et al. 1996, Lister et al. 1998). Animals in the Near East have been assigned to C. c. coxi (Harrison and Bates 1991).[2].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Capreolus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. capreolus (European Roe Deer) · C. pygargus (Siberian Roe Deer)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Lovari, S., Herrero, J., Conroy, J., Maran, T., Giannatos, G., Stübbe, M., Aulagnier, S., Jdeidi, T., Masseti, M, Nader, I., de Smet, K. & Cuzin, F. 2008. Capreolus capreolus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:

• Mammal Research Institute PAS, Mammal Collection
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Biological Records Centre - Mammal records from Britain from the Atlas of Mammals
• , with some subsequent records
• University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 106073
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625063
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2136937
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625063
• IUCN ID: 197819
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 127975

Footnotes

1. Mean = 247.050 meters (810.531 feet), Standard Deviation = 366.970 based on 6,173 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Lovari, S., Herrero, J., Conroy, J., Maran, T., Giannatos, G., Stübbe, M., Aulagnier, S., Jdeidi, T., Masseti, M, Nader, I., de Smet, K. & Cuzin, F. 2008. Capreolus capreolus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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