Cervus elaphus barbarus

Cervus elaphus barbarus NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network. The Barbary stag is smaller than the typical red deer. Its body is dark brown with some white spots on its flanks and back. The antlers lack the bez (second) tine.

ITIS Reports — Cervus elaphus barbarus ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.The Barbary stag or Atlas deer 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 Mega which went extinct approximately 6,000 years ago.

FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. Among red deer, the easternmost forms (from the Caspian Sea to western China) form a primordial subgroup, which includes This belief was based largely on the fully fertile hybrids that can be produced under captive conditions.