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Cervus nippon subspp.

Basic information
Scientific name Cervus nippon subspp.

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ニホンジカ
Common names Sika(またはJapanese) Deer
Higher taxon Cervidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia
Natural range Northeast and East Asia, and Indochina
Habitat Forest, grassland.
Invasion information
Range in Japan Tomogashima, Wakayama Pref. (C. n. taiouanus), Tokara Islands (C. n. mageshimae), and Okinawa Islands (C. n. keramae) Range in Japan
Origin Different between introduced populations.
Date Different between introduced populations.
Route Deliberate: Details are different between introduced populations.
Impact Harmful to agriculture, forestry. Destruction of landscape.
Native organism(s) affected: Vegetation, crops, forestry products.
Regulation in Japan Import to Japan and transport and keeping in Japan is restricted by the Invasive Alien Species Act, for all taxa of genus Cervus except the Japanese native subspecies of C. nippon.
Introduced range in other countries Europe, USA, New Zealand
Reference Notes
  • Abe (ed) (1994) A Guide to Mammals of Japan. Tokai Univ. Press, Hatano (in Jpn)
  • Ecol Soc Jpn (ed) (2002) Handbook of Alien Species in Japan. Chijinshokan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
  • Igota et al. (2004) Seasonal migration patterns of female sika deer in eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Ecol Res. 19, 169-178.
  • Izawa et al. (eds) (1996) The Encyclopedia of Animals in Japan 2 Mammals II. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn)
  • Ohdachi et al. (eds) (2009) The Wild Mammals of Japan. Shokado, Kyoto.
  • Wilson & Reeder (eds) (2005) Mammal Species of the World 3rd ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (Accessed on 2009-06-30) http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/