Deer: The Animal Answer Guide

Appendix A: Deer of the World

Deer of the World Order Artiodactyla Family Cervidae Scientific Name Common Name General Location Subfamily Capreolinae (or Odocoileinae) Alces alces Moose North America, Siberia, N. China, Europe Blastocerus dichotomus Marsh deer N. South America Capreolus capreolus European roe deer Europe, Russia, Middle East Capreolus pygargus Siberian (eastern) roe deer Russia, China, Mongolia, Korea Hippocamelus antisensis Northern huemul (taruca) N. South America Hippocamelus bisulcus Southern huemul (guemal) S. Chile, S. Argentina Mazama americana Red brocket deer N. South America Mazama bororo São Paulo brocket deer Brazil Mazama bricenii Mérida brocket deer W. Venezuela Mazama chunyi Dwarf brocket deer Bolivia, Peru Mazama gouazoubira Brown brocket deer N. South America Mazama nana Southern brocket deer Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay Mazama pandora Yucatan brown brocket deer C. Mexico Mazama rufina Ecuador red brocket deer Ecuador, Colombia Mazama temama Central American red Central America brocket deer Odocoileus hemionus Mule deer W. North America Odocoileus virginianus White-tailed deer North, Central, and South America Ozotoceros bezoarticus Pampas deer South America Pudu mephistophiles Northern pudu N. South America Pudu puda Southern pudu S. South America Rangifer tarandus Caribou (reindeer) North America, Europe, Russia Subfamily Cervinae Axis axis Chital (axis deer) India, Nepal, Sri Lanka Axis calamianensis Calamian deer Philippines Axis kuhlii Bawean deer Indonesia Appendix A 143 144 Appendix A Axis porcinus Hog deer Asia Cervus elaphus Red deer Eurasia, North Africa North American elk (wapiti) W. North America Cervus nippon Sika deer Japan, China, E. Russia Dama dama Fallow deer Middle East, widely introduced Dama mesopotamica Persian fallow deer Iran, Israel; formerly in the Middle East Elaphodus cephalophus Tufted deer S. China, Tibet, N. Myanmar Elaphurus davidianus Père David’s deer originally from China Muntiacus atherodes Bornean yellow muntjac Borneo Muntiacus crinifrons Black muntjac E. China Muntiacus feae Fea’s muntjac Myanmar, Thailand, S. China, Laos Muntiacus gongshanensis Gongshan muntjac S. China, Tibet, Myanmar Muntiacus muntjak Red muntjac Asia, Indonesia Muntiacus puhoatensis Puhoat muntjac Vietnam Muntiacus putaoensis Leaf deer N. Myanmar Muntiacus reevesi Reeve’s muntjac S.E. China, Tibet Muntiacus rooseveltorum Roosevelt’s muntjac Laos Muntiacus truongsonensis Annamite muntjac Laos, Vietnam Muntiacus vuquangensis Large-antlered muntjac Laos, Vietnam Przewalskium albirostris White-lipped deer China (Thorold’s deer) Rucervus duvaucelii Barasingha India, Nepal Rucervus eldii Eld’s deer Asia Rusa alfredi Visayan spotted deer Philippines Rusa marianna Philippine deer Philippines Rusa timorensis Javan rusa deer Indonesia Rusa unicolor Sambar India, Sri Lanka, Asia Subfamily Hydropotinae Hydropotes inermis Chinese water deer China, Korea ...