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Marsh deer
Species of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) is a species of deer native to South America. It is the largest living species of South American deer.
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Marsh deer | |
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Male marsh deer | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
Genus: | Blastocerus Wagner, 1844 |
Species: | B. dichotomus |
Binomial name | |
Blastocerus dichotomus (Illiger, 1815) | |
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Geographic range: Red=Former; Yellow=Present |
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