European Fallow Deer
Dama dama
Original Range and subspecies 3
The Fallow deer (Dama dama) used to occur over much of temperate and Mediterranean Europe in the last interglacial. After the last ice age it was pushed into a refugium in Anatolia and Southeastern Europe. The Romans reintroduced them to many parts of their former range, where often the authorities treat them as a non-native species. A recent study (https://www.nature.com/articles/hdy201711) suggests Italian and Iberian populations, like the Anatolian ones, are the descendants of wild fallow deer, and not the result of ancient translocations. The Fallow Deer currently occurs in about 25% of its former range in our region, if we only count free ranging populations.
Current Situation 4
Fallow Deer populations in Finland and Sweden are colored yellow on the map because they are outside of the species' original distribution range, as evidenced by the fact that the Finnish populations require supplemental feeding because they cannot survive the winters on their own.
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) Hal Trachtenberg, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/hikerboy45/3771448900/
- (c) Stan van Remmerden, todos os direitos reservados, uploaded by Stan van Remmerden
- Adaptado por Stan van Remmerden de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dama_dama
- (c) Stan van Remmerden, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
Mais informações
BioDiversity4All Mapa
| Ecological niche | Large Herbivore |
|---|---|
| Region | Europe - Caucasus, Europe - Central, Europe - Eastern, Europe - Iberia, Europe - Italy, Europe - Southeastern, Europe - Western, Middle East - Anatolia |
| Status in w palearctic | 25-50% of original range |
| Z ecotourism potential | 2 |
