Fallow deer

Fallow deer
Temporal range:
European fallow deer (D. dama)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
Tribe: Cervini
Genus: Dama
Frisch, 1775
Type species
Cervus dama
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Synonyms
  • Dactyloceros Wagner, 1855
  • Machlis Kaup
  • Palmatus Lydekker, 1898
  • Platyceros Wagner, 1844
  • Platyceros Zimmermann, 1780

Fallow deer is the common name for species of deer in the genus Dama of subfamily Cervinae.

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