Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Roe Deer, Western Roe Deer
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,037 meters (0 to 9,964 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Artiodactyla
()
- Owen, 1848
- Even-Toed Ungulates
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Superfamily:
Cervoidea
()
- (Goldfuss, 1820) Hay, 1930
- Family:
Cervidae
()
- (Goldfuss, 1820) Gray, 1821:307
- Subfamily:
Odocoileinae
()
- Tribe:
Capreolini
()
- Genus:
Capreolus
()
- Gray, 1821
- Specific name:
capreolus
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
capreolus
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Capreolus
(
- Tribe:
Capreolini
(
- Subfamily:
Odocoileinae
(
- Family:
Cervidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cervoidea
(
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
(
- Order:
Artiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Capreolus
There are approximately 23 species in this genus:
C. bedfordi · C. capreolus (Western Roe Deer) · C. capreolus armenius · C. capreolus bedfordi · C. capreolus canus · C. capreolus capreolus · C. capreolus garganta · C. capreolus italicus · C. capreolus ochracea · C. capreolus pygargus · C. capreolus thotti · C. capreolus transsylvanicus · C. coxi · C. leucotis · C. major · C. manchuricus · C. miyakoensis · C. pygargus (Eastern Roe Deer) · C. pygargus pygargus · C. pygargus tianschanicus · C. pygargus tianshanicus · C. suessenbornensis · C. sussenbornensis
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Further Reading
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- A study of the mammals of Iran: resulting from the Street Expedition of 1962-63 [by] Douglas M. Lay. [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1967. ENG url p. 224, p. 276, p. 75, p. 97.
- Animal Ecology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1961. ENG url p. 453.
- Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum [etc.] GER url p. 236.
- Arkiv för zoologi / utgivet af K. Svenska vetenskaps-akademien. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & soner, 1903-1974. SWE url p. 8.
- Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciias Naturais. Lisboa, Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciias Naturais, 1908- ENG url p. 110.
- Boletín de la Sociedad Espańola de Historia Natural. Madrid: Estab. tip. de Fortenet, 1901-1937. SPA url p. 130, p. 141, p. 550.
- Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. Paris: La Société, FRE url p. 62.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 162, p. 3, p. 30, p. 32, p. 88, p. 90.
- Carotenoids, their comparative biochemistry. New York, Chemical Pub. Co., 1954. ENG url p. 237, p. 329.
- Catalogue of ruminant Mammalia (Pecora, Linnaeus) in the British Museum / by John Edward Gray. London: British Museum, 1872. ENG url p. 81.
- Catalogue of the bones of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum / [compiled by Edward Gerrard]. London: printed by Taylor and Francis, by order of the Trustees, 1862 ENG url p. 265.
- Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum, by Gerrit S. Miller. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1912. ENG url p. 1004, p. 1018, p. 973, p. 974, p. 975.
- Catalogue of the mammals of western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum / by Gerrit S. Miller. London: BMNH, 1912. ENG url p. 1004, p. 1018, p. 973, p. 974, p. 975.
- Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History) by R. Lydekker. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1913-1916. ENG url p. 12, p. 143, p. 20, p. 219, p. 220, p. 221, p. 222, p. 223, p. 35, p. 401, p. 434.
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- Deer Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 80.
- Essays in biology in honor of Herbert M. Evans / written by his friends. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1943. ENG url p. 635.
- Faune des mammifs d'Europe. Berlin, R. Friedler, 1910. FRE url p. 233.
- General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. ENG url p. 45, p. 46, p. 47, p. 47, p. 51, p. 66, p. 71, p. 74, p. 74, p. 75, p. 80, p. 82, p. 86.
- Jahreshefte des Vereins f©r vaterl©Ţndische Naturkunde in W©rttemberg. Stuttgart. GER url p. 303.
- Krevsající mouchy a strecci--Diptera: Celedi Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, Tabanidae, Hypodermatidae, Oestridae, Gasterophilidae, Hippoboscidae a Nycteribiidae / Milan Chvála, vedoucí autorského kolektivu [et al.]. Praha: Academia, Nakl. Ceskoslovenské akademie ved, 1980. CZE url p. 410, p. 424.
- Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens ĺrsbok. Stockholm, Almqvist ' Wiksells Boktr, , 1931-1968. SWE url p. 144, p. 195.
- Mammalian masticatory apparatus / [by] William D. Turnbull -- [Chicago]: Field Museum Press, 1970. ENG url p. 204, p. 355.
- Mammals of Eastern Asia / by G.H.H. Tate. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. ENG url p. 336.
- Manual of elementary zoology. London, Oxford University Press, 1958. ENG url p. 492, p. 734.
- Mechanisms of hard tissue destruction; a symposium presented at the Philadelphia meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 29 and 30, 1962. Washington, AAAS, 1963. ENG url p. 366.
- Meddelanden af Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsingfors[Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica] SWE url p. 208, p. 27.
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- Problems of relative growth, by Sir Julian S. Huxley...With 105 illustrations. New York, L. MacVeagh, The Dial Press, 1932. ENG url p. 46.
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- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 31, p. 82.
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- The fauna from the terminal Pleistocene of Palegawra Cave, a Zarzian occupation site in northeastern Iraq / Priscilla F. Turnbull -- and Charles A. Reed --. [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1974. ENG url p. 130.
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- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
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Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Deer Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 16 providers.
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: 2478734
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625063
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14384520
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625063
- IUCN ID: 42395
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 127975
Footnotes
- 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]
