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The Central Asian red deer (Cervus hanglu), also known as the Tarim red deer, is a deer species native to Central Asia, where it used to be widely distributed, but is scattered today with small population units in several countries. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2017. [1] It was first described in the mid-19th ...
The Bactrian deer (Cervus hanglu bactrianus), also called the Bukhara deer, Bokhara deer, or Bactrian wapiti, is a lowland subspecies of Central Asian red deer native to Central Asia. It is similar in ecology to the related Yarkand deer (C. h. yarkandensis) in that it occupies riparian corridors surrounded by deserts.
The autumn/winter coats of most subspecies are most distinct. The Caspian red deer's winter coat is greyer and has a larger and more distinguished light rump-patch (like wapiti and some central Asian red deer) compared with the Western European red deer, which has more of a greyish-brown coat with a darker yellowish rump patch in the winter.
Europe and western Asia (former range in light green) Size: 160–270 cm (63–106 in) long; 75–150 cm (30–59 in) tall at shoulder [87] Habitat: Forest, shrubland, grassland, and rocky areas [88] Diet: Shrub and tree shoots, as well as grasses, sedges, shrubs, fruit, and seeds [88] LC Unknown [88] Central Asian red deer. C. hanglu Wagner, 1844
Central Asian red deer (Cervus affinis) Red deer (Cervus elaphus), one of the largest deer species, historically important in art, includes subspecies: Bactrian deer (Cervus elaphus bactrianus) Yarkand deer (Cervus elaphus yarkandenis) Elk (also known as wapiti) (Cervus canadensis), includes 4 subspecies: Alashan wapiti; Altai wapiti; Tian Shan ...
[2] [4] The Central Asian red deer was considered its own species (including the Yarkand deer, Kashmir stag and Bactrian deer as subspecies) by the IUCN in 2017, [6] and by the American Society of Mammalogists in 2021. [7] Others members of the red deer group, which may represent separate species, are C. corsicanus, C. wallichi and C. xanthopygus.
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The Yarkand deer (Cervus hanglu yarkandensis), also known as the Tarim deer or Lop Nor stag, is a subspecies of the Central Asian red deer that is native to the province of Xinjiang, China. It is similar in ecology to the related Bactrian deer ( C. h. bactrianus ) in occupying lowland riparian corridors surrounded by deserts.