Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 (European roe deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Alternative combination: Cervus capreolus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Capreolus according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008

See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Linnaeus 1758 and Thomas 1911

Sister taxa: Capreolus constantini, Capreolus formosanus, Capreolus pygargus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), France (5), Germany (9), Greece (6), Israel (2), Italy (13), Monaco (2), the Netherlands (3), Portugal (1), Romania (3), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (4)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence

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