Dama Frisch, 1775 . Das Natur-System der Vierfüssigen Thiere, 3.

TYPE SPECIES: Cervus dama Linnaeus, 1758 .

COMMENTS: Dama as generic name for the Fallow Deer was validated by Opinion 581, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1960). Treated as a full genus, not a subgenus of Cervus by Groves and Grubb (1987).