Dama Frisch 1775 (fallow deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Alternative spellings: Antilope (Dama), Cervus (Dama)

Parent taxon: Cervini according to P. Mackiewicz et al. 2022

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Grubb 2000, Hay 1902 and Lydekker 1914

Sister taxa: Axis, Bohlinella, Cervus, Croizetoceros, Elaphurus, Eucladoceros, Panolia, Rucervus, Rusa

Subtaxa: Cervus (Dama) somonensis Dama dama Dama eurygonos Dama laevicornis Dama mesopotamica Dama roberti

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bulgaria (1 collection), France (2), Germany (4), Greece (15), Israel (7), Italy (22), Malta (1), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (2), Portugal (1), Spain (21), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Pennsylvania)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Spain (1)

• Pliocene of Spain (1)

Total: 85 collections including 92 occurrences

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