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Elaphurus davidianus

Basic information
Scientific name Elaphurus davidianus (No picture)
Common names Pere David's deer
Higher taxon Cervidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia
Natural range Nothern to central continental China. Wild populations of this species was extinct in old period.
Habitat Swamp
Invasion information
Range in Japan Not established in Japan Range in Japan
Origin Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route Unknown.
Impact Potentially: Hybridization with deer of genus Cervus.
Regulation in Japan Import, transport and keeping are prohibited in Japan by the Invasive Alien Species Act.
Introduced range in other countries Under Construction.
Reference Notes
  • JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn)
 Although wild population was extinct, a captive population was found in Beijing in 1865, bred in UK, and reintroduced to China. At present, this species is bred in many zoos including Japanese ones.