Schomburgk's deer

Schomburgk's deer
Temporal range: Holocene
Specimen in Berlin Zoo, 1911

Extinct (1938)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Rucervus
Species:
†R. schomburgki
Binomial name
†Rucervus schomburgki
Blyth, 1863
Synonyms
  • Cervus schomburgki (Blyth, 1863)

The Schomburgk's deer (Rucervus schomburgki) is an extinct species of deer once endemic to central Thailand. It was described by Edward Blyth in 1863 and named after Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, who was the British consul in Bangkok from 1857 to 1864.[2] It is thought to have gone extinct by 1938, when the last records of the species were published.

  1. ^ Duckworth, J.W.; Robichaud, W.; Timmins, R. (2015). "Rucervus schomburgki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T4288A79818502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-3.RLTS.T4288A79818502.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ellis, Richard (2004). No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species. New York: Harper Perennial. pp. 311–312. ISBN 0-06-055804-0.