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European and Persian Fallow Deer

Dama

The fallow deer (Dama dama) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. This common species is native to western Eurasia, but has been introduced to Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, South Africa, Fernando Pó, São Tomé, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Réunion, Seychelles, Comoro Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Cyprus, Israel, Cape Verde, Lebanon, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, the Falkland Islands, and Peru. Some taxonomers include the rarer Persian fallow deer as a subspecies (D....

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

European Fallow Deer

speciesDama dama

Persian Fallow Deer

speciesDama mesopotamica

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

European and Persian Fallow Deer in Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao (Vol. 1)

Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao (Vol. 1)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.25

European and Persian Fallow Deer in Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)

Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)

Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.375

European and Persian Fallow Deer in History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.133

European and Persian Fallow Deer in Florum et coronariarum historia

Florum et coronariarum historia

Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.81

European and Persian Fallow Deer in History of Rare Plants of Pannonia

History of Rare Plants of Pannonia

Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.295

European and Persian Fallow Deer in A New Herbal, or History of Plants

A New Herbal, or History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.303

European and Persian Fallow Deer in History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia

History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia

Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.277

European and Persian Fallow Deer in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.322

European and Persian Fallow Deer in Compendium of Materia Medica: Illustrated Volume Middle of Middle

Compendium of Materia Medica: Illustrated Volume Middle of Middle

李時珍 · 1596 · p.36

European and Persian Fallow Deer in History of Rare Plants

History of Rare Plants

Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.584

European and Persian Fallow Deer in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 33)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 33)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.23

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