Barbary stag
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The Barbary stag (Cervus elaphus barbarus), also known as the Atlas deer or African elk, is a subspecies of the red deer that is native to North Africa. It is the only deer known to be native to Africa, aside from Megaceroides algericus, which went extinct approximately 6,000 years ago.[2]
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Barbary stag | |
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A herd at El Feidja National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Cervinae |
Genus: | Cervus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | C. e. barbarus |
Trinomial name | |
Cervus elaphus barbarus Bennett, 1833[1] | |
Synonyms | |
Cervus barbarus |
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