Norwegian red deer

Norwegian red deer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Cervus
Species:
C. elaphus
Subspecies:
C. e. atlanticus
Trinomial name
Cervus elaphus atlanticus
Lönnberg, 1906

The Norwegian red deer (Cervus elaphus atlanticus) is a small subspecies[1] of red deer native to Norway. The species has been farmed on a commercial basis since the 1980s.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Cervus elaphus atlanticus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ Rosef, O.; Fimreite, N.; Egeland, B. (2001). "Copper deficiency in Norwegian farmed red deer". Nor. Vet. Tidsskr. 113: 771–774.
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