Biology:Spanish red deer

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Short description: Subspecies of deer

Spanish red deer
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
Genus: Cervus
Species:
Subspecies:
C. e. hispanicus
Trinomial name
Cervus elaphus hispanicus
Hilzheimer, 1909
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Distribution area

The Spanish red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus), is a subspecies of the red deer native to Spain . The Spanish red deer is a polygynous subspecies, which means the males have two or more mates; during mating season, males show a dark ventral area in their abdomen. The males usually defend the mating territories on the females' favored location.

References

  • Carranza J. Ciervo — Cervus elaphus. In: Carrascal LM, Salvador A, editors. Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Madrid: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; 2004. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/mamiferos/cerela.html
  • Carranza, J., Salinas, M., de Andrés, D., Pérez-González, J. (2016). Iberian red deer: paraphyletic nature at mtDNA but nuclear markers support its genetic identity. Ecology and Evolution, 6 (4): 905–922.
  • De la Pena, Eva. Martin, Jose. Carranza, Juan. “The intensity of male-male competition may affect chemical scent constituents in the dark ventral patch of male Iberian red deer” 3 September 2019.


Wikidata ☰ Q1095643 entry