Persian fallow deer facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Persian fallow deer |
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| In Sultan Za-sruddin National Park | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Cervinae |
| Genus: | Dama |
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D. d. mesopotamica
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| Trinomial name | |
| Dama dama mesopotamica (Brooke, 1875)
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The Persian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica) (gavazn-i zard in Persian) (Yah-mur in modern Hebrew) is a rare ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. Its taxonomic status is disputed, with some maintaining it as a subspecies of the fallow deer, while others treat it as a separate species, Dama mesopotamica.
Images for kids
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Deer buck
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Persian fallow deer
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Deer buck lying in the grass
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Persian fallow deer in Israel
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See also
In Spanish: Dama mesopotamica para niños
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