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

Scientific name	Source
Capreolus capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Fauna Europaea (2005)
Capreolus capreolus garganta Meunier, 1983	Fauna Europaea (2005)

Roe deer - Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement
Most preferred habitats	agricultural mosaics cropland grassland heathland and shrub woodland and forest
May also occur in	wetlands
Natura 2000 species code	2644

Distribution

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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

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Capriolo	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Chevreuil européen	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Corço	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Corzo	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kaber	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kaprolli	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Karaca	Turkish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Metsäkauris	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Metskits	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rådjur	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rådyr	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rádýr	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rådyr	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ree	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Reh	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Réi	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Roe deer	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sarna	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Srna	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Srna	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Srnec lesný	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Srnec obecný	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Stirna	Latvian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Stirna	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Cervus capreolus	Linnaeus, 1758
Capreolus dorcas	Burnett, 1829
Capreolus caprea	Gray, 1843
Capreolus europaeus	Sundevall, 1844
Capreolus vulgaris	Fitzinger, 1860
Capreolus transsylvanicus	Matschie, 1907
Capreolus zedlitzi	Matschie, 1916
Capreolus coxi	Cheesman & Hinton, 1923

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: Capreolus capreolus	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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