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Monotypic taxon: Genus Dama Frisch, 1775 - fallow deer (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Frisch, 1775, nom. cons.
Original name:  Frisch, 1775. Natur-Syst. vierfüssig. Thiere: 3, [31], table at end.
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Attributes

Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 81.1] Ref: [Anonymous], (2012): 209 (Opinion 581).

Types

Type, by original designation: Dama dama (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Variants

Different rank: Dama (Subgenus) (Frisch, 1775)

Synonyms

Accepted name: Cervus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted name: Platyceros (Genus) Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1060.
Synonymous name (objective): Platyceros (Genus)

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: fallow deer
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