Reid deer areruminants, chairacterised bi a fower-chaumered stamack.Genetic evidence indicates the reid deer as tradeetionally defined is aspecies group, raither nor a single species, awtho it remeens disputit as tae exactly hou mony species the group includes.[5][6] The closely relatit an slichtly lairgerwapiti, native tae North Americae an eastren pairts o Asie, haed been regairdit as a subspecies o reid deer, but recently it haes been established as a distinct species. It is probable that the auncestor o aw reid deer, includin wapiti, oreeginatit in central Asie an resemmledsika deer.[7]
Awtho at ane time reid deer war rare in pairts o Europe, thay war niver close tae extinction. Reintroduction anconservation efforts, sic as in the Unitit Kinrick an Portugal,[8] haes resultit in an increase o reid deer populations, while ither auries, sic as North Africae, hae conteena'd tae shaw a population decline.
↑Lovari, S.; Lorenzini, R.; Masseti, M.; Pereladova, O.; Carden, R.F.; Brook, S.M. & Mattioli, S. (2018)."Cervus elaphus (errata version published in 2019)".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2018: e.T55997072A142404453. Retrieved5 September 2020.Cite uses deprecated parameter|last-author-amp= (help) Database entry includes a brief juistification o why this species is o least concern.
↑Moore, G.H.; Littlejohn, R.P. (1989). "Hybridisation of farmed wapiti (Cervus elaphus manitobensis) and red deer (Cervus elaphus)".New Zealand Journal of Zoology.16 (2): 191–198.doi:10.1080/03014223.1989.10422568.
↑Perez-Espona, S.; Hall, R. J.; Perez-Barberia, F. J.; Glass, B. C.; Ward, J. F.; Pemberton, J. M. (2012). "The Impact of Past Introductions on an Iconic and Economically Important Species, the Red Deer of Scotland".Journal of Heredity.104 (1): 14–22.doi:10.1093/jhered/ess085.PMID23091222.
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