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SPECIES Elaphurus davidianus

Author:Milne-Edwards, 1866.
Citation:Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., ser. 5, 5: 382.
Common Name:Père David's Deer
Type Locality:China, "dans le parc impérial situé à quelque distance de Pékin [Beijing]".
Distribution:Formerly NE China; extinct in wild since 3rd or 4th Century; now reintroduced to its former range, near Beijing and near Shanghai.
Status:IUCN – Critically Endangered.
Comments:Included in Elaphurus by Corbet (1978c:201); but see Van Gelder (1977b).
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