Capreolus capreolus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Western Roe Deer

Larch tree damaged by deer. Also as European Roe Deer.
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Location:Czech Republic, PragueDate taken:Jan 1, 1986

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 942

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Cervoidea
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Capreolinae
Tribe : Capreolini
Genus : Capreolus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033879

Original name as described

Cervus Capreolus

Other common names

European Roe Deer

Type locality

Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Portugal · Spain · France · United Kingdom · Belgium · Netherlands · Luxembourg · Germany · Denmark · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Austria · Italy · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Georgia · Azerbaijan · Armenia · Turkey · Iran · Iraq · Syria

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006286

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 39 names and synonyms.

Cervus Capreolus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

capreolus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033879

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Linnaeus (1767:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35944)
  4. Berkenhout (1769:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25813725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68488)
  5. Boddaert (1772:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  6. Müller (1776:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37288)
  7. Erxleben (1777:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  8. Leske (1779:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  9. Borowski (1780:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  10. Zimmermann (1783:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  11. Boddaert (1785:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  12. Gmelin (1788:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  13. Kerr (1792:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  14. Link (1795:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  15. Borkhausen (1797:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  16. Cuvier (1797:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  17. Shaw (1801:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  18. Daudin (1802:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  19. Turton (1802:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  20. Treviranus (1802:219, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  21. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  22. Treviranus (1803:178, 183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028206, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  23. Treviranus (1803:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  24. Fischer (1814:xvii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  25. Voigt (1819:420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  26. Muirhead (1819:456, 457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  27. Muirhead (1819:457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  28. Nilsson (1820:302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  29. Hemprich (1820:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  30. Gray (1821:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  31. Schinz (1821:380, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  32. Desmarest (1822:439, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  33. Smith (1826:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59865)
  34. Billberg (1827:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  35. Lesson (1827:365, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  36. Brincken (1828:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67578)
  37. Fischer (1829:450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  38. Eichwald (1831:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  39. Melchior (1834:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
  40. Schinz (1837:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
  41. Ogilby (1839:lxxiii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
  42. Nordmann (1839:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
  43. Blyth (1840:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  44. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  45. Lesson (1842:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  46. Pictet (1844:301, 303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20623709, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20623711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/47978)
  47. Pictet (1844:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20623711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/47978)
  48. Schinz (1845:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  49. Giebel (1847:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22961785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43573)
  50. Gistel (1848:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  51. Schrenck (1859:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  52. Radde (1861:687, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  53. Radde (1862:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  54. Murray (1866:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  55. Severtsov (1873:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  56. Zittel (1893:400, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40423942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62388)
  57. Schulze (1897:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  58. Acloque (1900:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  59. Seabra (1900:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68463)
  60. Osborn (1910:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47352524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39483)

Cervus Capreolus albus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

302

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664328

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capreolus Dorcas

Burnett, 1830

Family

Cervidae

Root name

dorcas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

353

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909463

Authority publication

Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art

Name usages

  1. Burnett (1830:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capreolus vulgaris

Fitzinger, 1832

Family

Cervidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

317

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Ménétries (1832:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41529508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69276)
  2. S.D.W. (1836:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43690)
  3. Fitzinger (1874:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8286405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39160)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capreolus europaeus

Gloger, 1841

Family

Cervidae

Root name

europaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13515450

Authority publication

Breslau

Name usages

  1. Sundevall (1845:445, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44093271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40489)
  2. Sundevall (1845:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40490)
  3. Sundevall (1846:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40481)
  4. Blyth (1863:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  5. Jerdon (1867:266, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  6. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capreolus Capraea

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Cervidae

Root name

capraeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729909

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1850:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  2. Gray (1852:235, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39016)
  3. Gray (1852:222, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Gray (1872:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  5. Danford & Alston (1880:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68533)
  6. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capreolus caprea

Bonaparte, 1845

Family

Cervidae

Root name

caprea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573723

Authority publication

Milan

Name usages

  1. Bonaparte (1845:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  2. Sclater (1872:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  3. Büchner (1891:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37008363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68987)
  4. Flower & Lydekker (1891:327, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  5. Ward (1910:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Cervus capreolus plumbeus

(H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1845)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

plumbeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 3bis (fig. 53)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15941302

Authority publication

Dresden

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capreolus vulgaris niger

Fitzinger, 1875

Family

Cervidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8663444

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capreolus vulgaris varius

Fitzinger, 1875

Family

Cervidae

Root name

varius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8663444

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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