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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderArtiodactyla
  5. ›familyCervidae
  6. ›genusElaphurus
Elaphurus davidianus
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IUCN EW · Extinct in the wild

Pere David's Deer

Elaphurus davidianus Milne-Edwards, 1866

Also calledCerf du père David (fra) · Cervo do padre David (glg) · Cervo-do-Padre-David (por) · Ciervo del Padre David (spa) · Davidi hirv (est) · Davidshirsch (deu) · Davidshjort (nob) · Mi-lou (zho) · Miilu (est) · Milu (zho) · Pater-Davidshert (nld) · Père David-hert (afr) · Père David-takbok (afr) · Père Davids hjort (dan)

First described in: Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., ser. 5 vol.5 p.382

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Discussion: Included in Elaphurus by Corbet (1978 c: 201); but see Van Gelder (1977 b).

Order Artiodactyla

distribution

Distribution: Formerly NE China; extinct in wild since 3 rd or 4 th Century; now reintroduced to its former range, near Beijing and near Shanghai.

Order Artiodactyla

materials_examined

Type Locality: China, " dans le parc impérial situé à quelque distance de Pékin [Beijing] ".

Order Artiodactyla

discussion

COMMENTS: Included in Elaphurus by Corbet (1978 c: 201); but see Van Gelder (1977 b).

Order Artiodactyla

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2440938.