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Taxon: Species Dama dama (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - fallow deer (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 67.
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Types

Type, by original designation, of: Dama (Genus) Frisch, 1775
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Dama dama dama (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Combinations

Basionym: Cervus dama Linnaeus, 1758
Basionym: Cervus dama Linnaeus, 1758
Different combination: Platyceros dama (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Dama mesopotamica (Brooke, 1875) Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: damhert

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: fallow deer Ref: 1994
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