Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Artiodactyla > Family: Cervidae > Genus: Cervus > Species: Cervus elaphus > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Cervus elaphus corsicanus Erxleben, 1777
Cervus elaphus yarkandensis Blanford, 1892

Red deer - Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	3 international agreements
Most preferred habitats	agricultural mosaics cropland grassland heathland and shrub woodland and forest
May also occur in	wetlands

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Cervidae)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex I: migratory species which are endangered and must be protected by Parties	Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix I of the Bonn Convention (CMS). See there for more details.	http://www.cms.int/
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	Annex II: (a) all species which, although not necessarily now threatened with extinction, may become so unless trade in specimens of such species is subject to strict regulation in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival; and (b) other species which must be subject to regulation in order that trade in specimens of certain species referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph may be brought under effective control.	Synonym for this species is listed in CITES. See there for more details.	http://www.cites.org/eng

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Cerb-nobil	Romanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Cerf élaphe	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Cervo nobile	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ciervo rojo	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Dreri	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Edelhert	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gímszarvas	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hirsch	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hjort	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Jelen	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Jelen lesní	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Krondyr	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kronhjort	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Krónhjörtur	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Navadni jelen	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Punahirv	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Red deer	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rothirsch	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Saksanhirvi	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Staltbriedis	Latvian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Taurusis elnias	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ulugeyik	Turkish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Veado	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Cervus vulgaris	Botezat, 1903
Cervus albicus	Matschie, 1907
All species of Cervidae

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Cervus elaphus	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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