Cervus nippon subsp. nippon Temminck 1838
Cervus nippon subsp. nippon Temminck 1838, in: von Siebold, Temminck, and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Coup d'Oeil Faune Iles Sonde Emp. Japan: xxii.
Type Locality: "Les îles du domaine du Japon "; restricted to Japan, Kyushu, Nagasaki (Groves and Smeenk, 1978).