sika deer
species of deer native to much of East Asia
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Summary
sika deer is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.44% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,052 views/month, #852 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Cervus[5]
- Taxon name: Cervus nippon[6]
- Commons category: Cervus nippon[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cervus nippon[8]
- Commons gallery: Cervus nippon[9]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Cervus nippon[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[13], New International Encyclopedia[14]
- This taxon is source of: sika deer meat[15], sika deer horn[16]
- Short name: C. nippon[17]
- Taxon common name: Sika deer[18], Japanese Sika Deer[19], Shansi Sika[20], Sika[21], Sika-Hirsch[22], Sikahirsch[23], Japan-Sikahirsch[24], 梅花鹿[25], venáu sika[26], Cerf sika[27]
- Different from: Sika AG[28]
- Mass: 5.75 kg[29]
- Habitat: savanna[30], forest[31]
- Gestation period: 217 day[32]
- Longest observed lifespan: 26.3 years[33]
- Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: not evaluated[34]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[35]
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Identifiers
sika deer's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42210[36]. sika deer's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9863[37]. sika deer's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328650[38]. sika deer's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440954[39]. sika deer's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180696[40].
Why It Matters
sika deer has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]