Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)

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Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)

[Cervus] capreolus Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 68 .

Type Locality: "Habitat in Europa, Asia"; identified as Sweden by Thomas (1911 a:151) .

Vernacular Names: European Roe.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Capreolus capreolus subsp. capreolus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Capreolus capreolus subsp. canus Miller 1910

Subspecies Capreolus capreolus subsp. caucasicus Dinnik 1910

Subspecies Capreolus capreolus subsp. italicus Festa 1925

Distribution: Europe (excluding Corsica, Ireland, Sardinia, and Sicily) to W Russia and Ukraine, Turkey, Caucasus region, NW Syria, N Iraq, N Iran; extinct in Lebanon and Israel; Protoneolithic record from Jordan (Jericho).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Sempéré et al. (1996, Mammalian Species, 538) and by Lister et al. (1998) whose identification of caucasicus as correct name for large-sized subspecies north of Caucasus Mtns is provisional. Treatment of italicus as a valid subspecies follows Lorenzini et al. (2002).