Genus Dama Frisch, 1775
- Dama Frisch, J.L. 1775. Das Natur-System der vierfüssigen Thiere, in Tabellen, darinnen alle Ordnungen, Geschlechte und Arten, nicht nur mit bestimmenden Benennungen, sondern beygesetzten unterscheidenden Kennzeichen angezeigt werden, zum Nutzen der erwachsenen Schuljugend. Glogau : C.F. Günther 40 pp. [3].
Type species:
Cervus dama Linnaeus, 1758 by designation under Plenary Powers, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1960. Opinion 581. Determination of the generic names for the fallow deer of Europe and the Virginia deer of America (Class Mammalia). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 17: 267-275 [267]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced into many other parts of the world.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Ethiopia
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
Nearctic Region
Neotropical Region
Palaearctic Region
Distribution References
- Chapman, N.G. & Chapman, D.I. 1980. The distribution of fallow deer: a worldwide review. Mammal Review 10: 61-138
- Corbet, G.B. & Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. London : British Museum viii 226 pp.
- Gibb, J.A. & Flux, J.E.C. 1973. Mammals. pp. 334-371 in Williams, G.R. (ed.). The Natural History of New Zealand an Ecological Survey. Wellington : A.H. & A.W. Reed
- Haltenorth, T. 1963. Klassifikation der Säugetiere: Artiodactyla. Handbuch Zoologisches Berlin 8(teil 1, lfg. 32): 1-167 pls 1-16
- Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp.
- Whitehead, G.K. 1972. Deer of the World. London : Constable xii 194 pp. 33 pls
- de Vos, A., Manville, R.H. & Van Gelder, R.G. 1956. Introduced mammals and their influence on native biota. Zoologica (New York) N.Y. 41: 163-194
General References
Groves, C.P. & Grubb, P. 1987. Relationships of living deer. pp. 21-59 in Wemmer, C.M. (ed.). Biology and management of the Cervidae. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press 577 pp. (treats as a genus, not subgenus of Cervus)
Hickman, G.C. 1981. National mammal guides: a review of references to Recent faunas. Mammal Review 11: 53-85 (extralimital synonymy)