The elk (Cervus canadensis) is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range. The common name elk, used in North America, creates confusion because the larger Alces alces,...
The Red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. It is closely related and slightly larger American elk or wapiti, native to North America and eastern parts of Asia, had been regarded as a subspecies of red deer, but recently it has...
The Sika deer (Cervus nippon) is a species of deer native to much of East Asia and introduced to other parts of the world. Its name comes from the Japanese word shika which means "deer". In Japan, the species is known as the nihonjika (Japan deer)...
The Kashmir stag (Cervus hanglu hanglu ), also called hangul, is a subspecies of Central Asian red deer endemic to Kashmir and surrounding areas. It is found in dense riverine forests in the high valleys and mountains of Jammu and Kashmir and...
The Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti), also known commonly as the Olympic elk and Roosevelt's wapiti, is the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk (Cervus canadensis ) in North America by body mass (although by antler size, both...
The eastern elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis ) is an extinct subspecies or distinct population of elk that inhabited the northern and eastern United States, and southern Canada. The last eastern elk was shot in Pennsylvania on September 1, 1877....
The Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni ) is a subspecies of elk found in the Rocky Mountains and adjacent ranges of Western North America.
The tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes ) is a subspecies of elk found only in California, ranging from the grasslands and marshlands of the Central Valley to the grassy hills on the coast. The subspecies name derives from the tule, a species of...
The Manchurian wapiti (Cervus canadensis xanthopygus ) is a subspecies of the wapiti native to East Asia.
The Scottish red deer (Cervus elaphus scoticus ) is a subspecies of red deer, which is native to Great Britain. Like the red deer of Ireland, it migrated from continental Europe sometime in the Stone Age. The Scottish red deer is farmed for meat,...
The Barbary stag (Cervus elaphus barbarus ), also known as the Atlas deer or African elk, is a subspecies of the red deer that is native to North Africa. It is the only deer known to be native to Africa, aside from Megaceroides algericus, which went...
The Merriam's elk (Cervus canadensis merriami ) is an extinct subspecies of elk once found in the arid lands of the southwestern United States (in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas), as well as in Mexico. Uncontrolled hunting and cattle grazing since...
Thorold's deer (Cervus albirostris ) is a threatened species of deer found at high altitudes in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. It is also known as the White-lipped deer for the white patches around its muzzle. This deer was first scientifically...
The Altai wapiti (Cervus canadensis sibiricus) is a subspecies of Elk. It is sometimes called the Altai elk by North Americans.
The Bactrian deer (Cervus hanglu bactrianus ), also called the Bukhara deer, Bokhara deer, or Bactrian wapiti, is a lowland subspecies of Central Asian red deer native to Central Asia. It is similar in ecology to the related Yarkand deer (C. h....
The Caspian red deer (Cervus elaphus maral) is one of the easternmost subspecies of Red deer. It is sometimes called maral, Noble deer, or Eastern red deer.
The Manitoban elk (Cervus canadensis manitobensis ) is a subspecies of elk found in the Midwestern United States (specifically North Dakota) and southern regions of the Canadian Prairies (specifically Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and north-central...
The Formosan sika deer (Chinese: 台灣梅花鹿; pinyin: Táiwān méihuālù ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân hoe-lo̍k ) (Cervus nippon taiouanus ) is a subspecies of sika deer endemic to the island of Taiwan. Formosan sika, like most of the terrestrial fauna and flora of...
The Corsican red deer (Cervus elaphus corsicanus ), also known simply as the Corsican deer or Sardinian deer, is a subspecies of the red deer (Cervus elaphus ), endemic to the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia (Italy) and Corsica (France).
The Manchurian sika deer or Dybowski's sika deer (Cervus nippon mantchuricus or Cervus nippon dybowskii ) is a subspecies of deer, the largest of the 14 subspecies of sika deer. It was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864.
The Central European red deer or common red deer (Cervus elaphus hippelaphus ) is a subspecies of red deer native to central Europe. The deer's habitat ranges from France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and Denmark to the western Carpathians. It was...
The Alashan wapiti is a subspecies of Cervus canadensis (named "elk" or "wapiti" in North America), found in Northern China and Mongolia. It is the smallest subspecies of elk, has the lightest color, and is the least studied, other than the extinct...
The Tibetan red deer (Cervus canadensis wallichi ) also known as shou, is a subspecies of elk (wapiti) native to the southern Tibetan highlands and Bhutan. Once believed to be near-extinct, its population has increased to over 8,300, the majority of...
The Tian Shan wapiti or Tian Shan maral (Cervus canadensis songaricus ), is a subspecies of C. canadensis. It is also called the Tian Shan elk in North American English.
The Sichuan deer (Cervus canadensis macneilli ), also known as MacNeill's deer, is a subspecies of the wapiti native to Western China.
The Yezo sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis, Japanese: エゾシカ / 蝦夷鹿, romanized: yezoshika, Ainu: ユク yuk ) is one of the many subspecies of the sika deer. The sika that inhabit the island of Hokkaido are indigenous, although it is not known whether...
The Yarkand deer (Cervus hanglu yarkandensis ), also known as the Theenivs deer, Tarim deer, or Lop Nor stag, is a subspecies of the Central Asian red deer that is native to the province of Xinjiang, China. It is similar in ecology to the related...
The Kansu red deer (Cervus canadensis kansuensis ) is a subspecies of wapiti found in the Gansu province of China. This subspecies forms, along with the closely related Sichuan deer, and Tibetan red deer, the southernmost wapiti group.
The Norwegian red deer (Cervus elaphus atlanticus ) is a small subspecies of red deer native to Norway. Today it is farmed on a commercial basis since the 1980s.
The Vietnamese sika deer (Cervus nippon pseudaxis ) also known as the indochinese sika deer is one of the many subspecies of the sika deer. It is one of the smaller subspecies, due to the tropical environment they live in. They were previously found...
The North China sika deer or Mandarin sika deer (Cervus nippon mandarinus ) is one of the many subspecies of sika deer. It is a large subspecies with some of the most prominent spots of all subspecies, which is permanent throughout the year. It...
The Kerama deer (also Kerama Sika) is a endangered subspecies of the Sika deer native to the Kerama Islands.
The Shanxi sika deer (Cervus nippon grassianus ) is a possibly extinct subspecies of the sika deer. It is also one of its largest, being 105–110 cm tall at the shoulders and weighing 100 kg. The color is tawny or grayish dark, and is brown on the...
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...
The South China sika deer (Cervus nippon kopschi ) is one of many subspecies of sika deer. Standing 85 cm or 33 in tall at the shoulders, it is a small subspecies that is only a little larger than its Japanese counterpart. The back is brown with a...
Cervus elaphus acoronatus is an extinct subspecies of the red deer belonging to the family Cervidae. Some authors consider it a distinct species, Cervus acoronatus.
The Sichuan sika deer (Cervus nippon sichuanicus ) is one of the many subspecies of sika deer. It was discovered in 1978 and was proven to be a distinct subspecies. It is found in the mountains of northern Sichuan and southern Gansu, which holds the...
