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Cervus (europe)
1 species
| Common Deer or Red Deer | | Cervus elaphus | | Commun name : Common Deer or Red Deer
Latin name : Cervus elaphus (Linnaeus 1758)
Localisation : western Europe, northwestern Africa, Asia (western China, northwestern America)
Habitat : clear broad-leaved forests, mountains, plains, heather fields.
Size : 1,6 to 2,5 m length
To have more details go to the Behavior part of this site. To see pictures, click here | 5 sub-species- Cervus elaphus atlanticus : Atlantic Deer, Norway (Lonnbert 1906) .
- Cervus elaphus corsicanus : Corsican Red Deer, Corsica and Sardinia (Erxleben 1777) .
- Cervus elaphus hippelaphus : Carpathian Red Deer, Europe (Erxleben 1777) .
- Cervus elaphus hispanicus : Spanish Red Deer, Spain and Portugal (Helzheimer 1909) .
- Cervus elaphus scoticus : Scottish Red Deer, Great-Britain (Lonnbert 1906) .
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