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12-22-2016

Cervus nippon kopschi

Cervus nippon kopschi 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 South China sika deer is one of many subspecies of sika deer. Standing 85 cm or 33 in tall at the shoulders, it is a small subspecies that is only a little larger than its Japanese counterpart. The back is brown with a long dark vertebral strip flanked from indistinct white spots, the belly is snowy white. It has previously ranged from Yangtze River Basin all the way east to the coast, going as far south as the border with Vietnam. Today its small population of 300 is widely scattered along its former range, in remote mountains isolated by heavily populated lowlands

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Detailed information
Full Name: South China Sika deer (Cervus nippon kopschi)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Mammals
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 07/27/1979 Foreign (Headquarters) Wherever found
  • Countries in which the the South China Sika deer, Wherever found is known to occur: China
Federal register documents
Date
Citation Page
Title
06/25/1979 44 FR 37124 37127 Final Endangered Status for 25 Foreign Species of Mammals and Birds
04/19/1978 43 FR 16524 16527 Proposed Endangered Status for 25 Foreign Species of Mammals and Birds
Recovery
No recovery information is available for the South China Sika deer.
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