Barbary Stag (Cervus elaphus barbarus)

Also known in some references at Cervus corsicanus.

jbnbsn99 said:

Also known in some references at Cervus corsicanus.

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I have gone with what was labelled at the Tierpark.

Oh I am being a pedantic ass.

Cervus elaphus corsicanus may be a different species than C.elaphus , making barbarus a subspecies of corsicanus.


reference (from Wikipedia)
Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004). Evolution and phylogeny of old world deer. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 880–895.