Cervus nippon Temminck, 1838
(Sika Deer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCervus nippon (Sika Deer)
GenusCervus (a genus of terrestrial mammals)
FamilyCERVIDAE (deer, buck)
OrderARTIODACTYLA (even-toed ungulates)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cervus nippon (Sika Deer) :
1: Cervus nippon (Sika Deer)
2 Feb 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
family group crossing salt marsh
Image 1: Hind - leading the groupImage 2: Hind - runningImage 3: Leaping fenceImage 4: Leaping fence (2)Image 5: Running through waterImage 6: Running through water (2)Image 7: Running through water (3)Image 8: Running through water (4)Image 9: Running through water (5)Image 10: Running through water (6)Image 11: Running through water (7)Image 12: Stag and young stag - runningImage 13: Stag and young stag - running (2)Image 14: Stag and young stag - running (3)Image 15: Stag and young stag - running (4)Image 16: Stag and young stag - running (5)Image 17: Stag and young stag - running (6)Image 18: Stag and young stag - running (7)Image 19: Stag and young stag - running (8)Image 20: Stag, hinds and young stagsImage 21: Stag, hinds and young stags (2)Image 22: Stag, hinds and young stags (3)Image 23: Stag, hinds and young stags (4)
2: Cervus nippon (Sika Deer)
1 Feb 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Family group crossing salt marsh
Image 1: Hind - leaping fenceImage 2: Hind - leaping fence (2)Image 3: Hinds - about to leap fenceImage 4: Hinds - crossing saltmarsh - posterior viewImage 5: Hinds - crossing saltmarsh - posterior view (2)Image 6: Hinds - crossing saltmarsh - posterior view (3)Image 7: Hinds - crossing saltmarsh - posterior view (4)Image 8: Leaping fenceImage 9: Leaping fence (2)Image 10: Young yearling stag - antero-lateral viewImage 11: Young yearling stag - antero-lateral view (2)
3: Cervus nippon (Sika Deer)
1 Jan 2015 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
family group with leucistic stag
Image 1: Leucistic stag with family groupImage 2: Leucistic stag with family group (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Downing, S., Wade, M., Ames, V. & McKee, K. Sika Deer

Cervus nippon (Sika Deer) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cervus nippon (Sika Deer)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cervus nippon (Sika Deer)
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