Caspian red deer

This article is about the a red deer subspecies. For the Altai or Siberian maral, see Altai wapiti. For the Tian Shan maral, see Tian Shan wapiti.

Caspian red deer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Cervus
Species:
C. elaphus
Subspecies:
C. e. maral
Trinomial name
Cervus elaphus maral
(Gray, 1850)

The Caspian red deer (Cervus elaphus maral), is one of the easternmost subspecies of red deer that is native to areas between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea such as Crimea, Asia Minor, the Caucasus Mountains region bordering Europe and Asia, and along the Caspian Sea region in Iran.[2] The Caspian red deer is sometimes referred to as maral, noble deer, or eastern red deer.[3][4]

  1. ^ Shokri, Shirko; Jafari, Abbas; Rabei, Korous; Hadipour, Ehsan; Alinejad, Hossein; Zeppenfeld, Thorsten; Soufi, Mobin; Qashqaei, Ali; Ahmadpour, Mohsen; Zehzad, Bahram; Kiabi, Bahram H.; Pavey, Chris R.; Balkenhol, Niko; Waltert, Matthias; Soofi, Mahmood (2021). "Conserving populations at the edge of their geographic range: the endangered Caspian red deer (Cervus elaphus maral) across protected areas of Iran". Biodiversity and Conservation. 30 (1). Springer Link: 85–105. Bibcode:2021BiCon..30...85S. doi:10.1007/s10531-020-02077-4. S2CID 254283122. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. ^ Henry Charles Howard Suffolk and Berkshire (Earl of); Hedley Peek; Frederick George Aflalo (1911). The Encyclopaedia of sport & games. J.B. Lippincott company. p. 76.
  3. ^ Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences: 3-volume set. Elsevier Science. 22 July 2014. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-12-384734-8.
  4. ^ Henry Charles Howard Suffolk and Berkshire (Earl of); Hedley Peek; Frederick George Aflalo (1911). The Encyclopaedia of sport & games. W. Heinemann. p. 262.