Central European red deer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Genus: | Cervus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | C. e. hippelaphus
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Trinomial name | |
Cervus elaphus hippelaphus Erxleben, 1777
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The Central European red deer or common red deer (Cervus elaphus hippelaphus) is a subspecies of red deer native to central Europe.[1] The deer's habitat ranges from France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and Denmark to the western Carpathians. It was introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Chile, and Argentina.