Scottish red deer
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The Scottish red deer (Cervus elaphus scoticus) is a subspecies of red deer,[1] which is native to Great Britain. Like the red deer of Ireland, it migrated from continental Europe sometime in the Stone Age. The Scottish red deer is farmed for meat, antlers and hides.[2][3]
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Scottish red deer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Cervinae |
Genus: | Cervus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | C. e. scoticus |
Trinomial name | |
Cervus elaphus scoticus Lönnberg, 1906 |
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