Common Names
Common Names in English:
Roe Deer, Western Roe Deer
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,037 meters (0 to 9,964 feet).Mean = 247.050 meters (810.531 feet), Standard Deviation = 366.970 based on 6,173 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Artiodactyla
()
- Owen, 1848
- Even-Toed Ungulates
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Superfamily:
Cervoidea
()
- (Goldfuss, 1820) Hay, 1930
- Family:
Cervidae
()
- (Goldfuss, 1820) Gray, 1821:307
- Subfamily:
Odocoileinae
()
- Tribe:
Capreolini
()
- Genus:
Capreolus
()
- Gray, 1821
- Specific name:
capreolus
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
capreolus
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Capreolus
(
- Tribe:
Capreolini
(
- Subfamily:
Odocoileinae
(
- Family:
Cervidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cervoidea
(
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
(
- Order:
Artiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Capreolus
There are approximately 21 species in this genus:
C. bedfordi · C. capreolus (Roe Deer) · C. capreolus armenius · C. capreolus bedfordi · C. capreolus canus · C. capreolus capreolus · C. capreolus garganta · C. capreolus ochracea · C. capreolus pygargus · C. capreolus thotti · C. capreolus transsylvanicus · C. coxi · C. leucotis · C. major · C. manchuricus · C. miyakoensis · C. pygargus (Eastern Roe Deer) · C. pygargus pygargus · C. pygargus tianschanicus · C. suessenbornensis · C. sussenbornensis
Bibliography
- Deer Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Deer Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 16 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:
- Mammal Research Institute PAS, Mammal Collection
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Biological Records Centre - Mammal records from Britain from the Atlas of Mammals
- , with some subsequent records
- University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6452081
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625063
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13803595
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625063
- IUCN ID: 42395
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 127975
