Dama dama

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Fallow Deer

Also as European Fallow Deer.
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Location:Spain, Andalusia, Jaén province, Sierra de AndújarDate taken:Jul 19, 2013

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2964

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Cervoidea
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Cervinae
Tribe : Cervini
Genus : Dama

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/25033878

Original name as described

Cervus Dama

Other common names

European Fallow Deer

Type locality

Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

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

Taxonomy notes

previously included D. mesopotamica

Taxonomy notes citation

Masseti, M., Pecchioli, E. and Vernesi, C. 2008. Phylogeography of the last surviving populations of Rhodian and Anatolian fallow deer (Dama dama dama L., 1758). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93(4):835-844. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00951.x

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006316

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: 25 names and synonyms.

Cervus Dama

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

dama

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033878

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Linnaeus (1767:93) (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 (1777:309, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  8. Leske (1779:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  9. Borowski (1780:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  10. Zimmermann (1783:157, 162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  11. Zimmermann (1783:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  12. Boddaert (1785:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  13. Gmelin (1788:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  14. Kerr (1792:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  15. Link (1795:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  16. Borkhausen (1797:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  17. Shaw (1801:282, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632796) (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 (1802:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  20. Treviranus (1802:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  21. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  22. Treviranus (1803:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  23. Fischer (1814:xvi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  24. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  25. Voigt (1819:420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  26. Muirhead (1819:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  27. Nilsson (1820:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  28. Hemprich (1820:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  29. Schinz (1821:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  30. Desmarest (1822:438, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  31. Cuvier (1824:529, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52173932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68282)
  32. Smith (1826:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59865)
  33. Billberg (1827:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  34. Lesson (1827:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  35. Brincken (1828:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67578)
  36. Fischer (1829:448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  37. Eichwald (1831:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  38. Melchior (1834:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
  39. Küster (1835:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13242318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67761)
  40. S.D.W. (1836:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43690)
  41. Schinz (1837:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
  42. Ogilby (1839:lxxiii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
  43. Blyth (1840:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918351) (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 (1842:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  46. Pictet (1844:300, 302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20623708, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20623710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/47978)
  47. Pictet (1844:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20623710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/47978)
  48. Schinz (1845:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  49. Sundevall (1846:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40481)
  50. Giebel (1847:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22961789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43573)
  51. Gistel (1848:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  52. Murray (1866:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  53. Danford & Alston (1880:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68533)
  54. Flower & Lydekker (1891:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  55. Zittel (1893:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40423944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62388)
  56. Schulze (1897:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  57. Acloque (1900:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  58. Seabra (1900:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68463)
  59. Lydekker (1908:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  60. Ward (1910:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  61. Osborn (1910:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47352524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39483)
  62. Corbet & Hill (1980:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  63. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  64. Corbet & Hill (1991:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  65. Jackson & Groves (2015:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Platyceros plinii

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

plinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

128

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

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

Cervus platyceros

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

platyceros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637242

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cervus mauricus

(F. Cuvier, 1816)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

maurica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824)

Name usages

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

cervus somonensis

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

somonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

447

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521891

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1822:447, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  2. Schinz (1825:472, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  3. Smith (1826:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59865)
  4. Lesson (1827:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Fischer (1829:449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  6. Lesson (1842:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  7. Murray (1866:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  8. Zittel (1893:403, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40423945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62388)

Cervus Dama Leucaethiops

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

leucaethiops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

448

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

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

Cervus Dama Maura

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

maura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

448

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

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

Cervus Dama Vulgaris

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

448

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

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

Dama Vulgaris

Burnett, 1830

Family

Cervidae

Root name

vulgaris

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

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

Dama Maculata

Burnett, 1830

Family

Cervidae

Root name

maculata

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

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

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