Deer Species

Here is a list of all the world's deer species in taxonomic order. Please click on a species name for more information about that species.

Subfamily Hydropotinae
Chinese Water Deer	Hydroptes inermis
Subfamily Muntiacinae
Bornean Yellow Muntjac	Muntiacus atherodes
Black Muntjac	Muntiacus crinifrons
Fea's Muntjac	Muntiacus feae
Gong Shan Muntjac	Muntiacus gongshanensis
Indian Muntjac	Muntiacus muntjac
Leaf Muntjac	Muntiacus putaoensis
Reeves' Muntjac	Muntiacus reevesi
Truong Son Muntjac	Muntiacus trungsonensis
Giant Muntjac	Muntiacus vuquangensis
Tufted Deer	Elaphodus cephalophus
Subfamily Cervinae
White-lipped or Thorold's Deer	Cervus albirostris
Philippine or Visayan Spotted Deer	Cervus alfredi
Barasingha	Cervus duvaucelii
Red Deer	Cervus elaphus
Thamin	Cervus eldii
Philippine Sambar or Philippine Brown Deer	Cervus mariannus
Sika Deer	Cervus nippon
Sunda Sambar or Rusa Deer	Cervus timorensis
Indian Sambar	Cervus unicolor
Chital	Axis axis
Calamian Deer	Axis calamianensis
Bawean Deer	Axis kuhlii
Hog Deer	Axis porcinus
Père David's Deer	Elaphurus davidianus
Fallow Deer	Dama dama
Persian Fallow Deer	Dama mesopotamica
Subfamily Odocoilinae
Roe Deer	Capreolus capreolus
Moose (Elk)	Alces alces
Mule Deer	Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer	Odocoileus virginianus
Pampas Deer	Ozotoceros bezoarticus
Red Brocket	Mazama americana
Merioa Brocket	Mazama bricenii
Dwarf Brocket	Mazama chunyi
Grey Brocket	Mazama gouazoupira
Pygmy Brocket	Mazama nana
Yucatan Brown Brocket	Mazama pandora
Little Red Brocket	Mazama rufina
Northern Pudu	Pudu mephistophiles
Southern Pudu	Pudu pudu
Marsh Deer	Blastocerus dichotomus
Peruvian Guemal or North Andean Deer	Hippocamelus antisensis
Chilean Guemal or South Andean Deer	Hippocamelus bisulcus
Caribou/ Reindeer	Rangifer tarandus

 

 

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