Persian fallow deer

Persian fallow deer
	In Sultan Za-sruddin National Park
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Cervinae
Genus:	Dama
Species:	D. dama
Subspecies:	D. d. mesopotamica
Trinomial name
	Dama dama mesopotamica; (Brooke, 1875)

The Persian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica) (gavazn-i zard in Persian) (Yah-mur in modern Hebrew) is a rare ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. Its taxonomic status is disputed, with some maintaining it as a subspecies of the fallow deer,^[2] while others treat it as a separate species, Dama mesopotamica.^[1]

References

1 2 Template:IUCN2011.2 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of endangered.
↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Other websites

Persian fallow deer at Animal Info

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[iucn-1] 1 2 Template:IUCN2011.2 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of endangered.

[msw3-2] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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