European fallow deer
| European fallow deer | |
|---|---|
| Male (buck) | |
| Female (doe) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Tribe: | Cervini |
| Genus: | Dama |
| Species: | D. dama |
| Binomial name | |
| Dama dama | |
| Range: 1: (Former) native, includes D. mesopotamica 2: Possibly native 3: Early human introductions 4: Modern human introductions | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cervus dama Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The European fallow deer (Dama dama), also known as the common fallow deer or simply fallow deer, is a species of deer native to Eurasia. It is one of two living species of fallow deer alongside the Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica). It is historically native to Turkey and possibly the Italian Peninsula, Balkan Peninsula, and the island of Rhodes near Anatolia. During the Pleistocene it inhabited much of Europe, and has been reintroduced to its prehistoric distribution by humans. It has also been introduced to other regions in the world.