Capreolus
Capreolus is a genus of deer with at least two extant species:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Capreolus capreolus | European roe deer | Scotland south to the Mediterranean and east to Iran and the Caucasus. Introduced to Ireland, Australia, and Pohnpei. | |
Capreolus pygargus | Siberian roe deer | Urals south to the Caucasus and east to Manchuria. Briefly nautralized in England, but extirpated by 1945. | |
Capreolus | |
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A male and a female European roe deer | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
Genus: | Capreolus Gray, 1821 |
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