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Capreolus capreolus (European roe deer)

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Cervus capreolus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Capreolus capreolus by Thomas (1911), Boule and De Villeneuve (1927), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. major, C. manchuricus, C. mathersoni, C. suessenbornensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cervus capreolus Linnaeus p. 68
1911Capreolus capreolus Thomas p. 151
1927Capreolus capreolus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 38
2008Capreolus capreolus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 fig. Fig.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
subfamilyCapreolinaeBrookes 1828
genusCapreolus
speciescapreolus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 [European roe deer]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Quaternary to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Italy (Basilicata) Capreolus capreolus (38087)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France Capreolus capreolus (49307)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Capreolus capreolus (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Cervus capreolus (77751)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Capreolus capreolus (43020 45065 45069 45085)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Spain (Asturias) Capreolus capreolus (49211)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Bayern) Capreolus sp. (48555)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium Capreolus capreolus (34127)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Capreolus capreolus (39252)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Italy (Lombardia) Capreolus capreolus (36376)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Capreolus capreolus (40259 40260 40262)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Capreolus capreolus (43645 43649 43653 43654 43664)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Capreolus capreolus (50199 50259)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Capreolus capreolus (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Capreolus capreolus (49999 50198)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) Capreolus capreolus (43697)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Capreolus capreolus (43699 43701 43704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) Capreolus capreolus (50258)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Capreolus capreolus (43657)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Greece (Achaia) Cervus capreolus (204554)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Trieste) Capreolus capreolus (43702)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel (Mount Carmel) Capreolus capreolus (11803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Thessalia) Capreolus capreolus (204397)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Monaco Capreolus capreolus (191720 191721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Capreolus capreolus (43629 43631)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Ioannina) Capreolus capreolus (208564 208565)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Capreolus capreolus (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Leiria) Capreolus capreolus (230380)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Vicenza) Capreolus capreolus (43689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Capreolus capreolus (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Peloponnesus) Capreolus capreolus (184243)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Capreolus capreolus (59150 195041)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bulgaria Cervus capreolus (232847)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Capreolus capreolus (191169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Capreolus capreolus (55533 122115)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom Capreolus capreolus (122112)