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The Persian Fallow Deer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Hubert J. Pepper
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Discovered less than a hundred years ago, the Persian fallow deer Dama mesopotamica is in serious danger of becoming extinct. Mr. Pepper describes this large deer and the little that is known of its history, and urges the need for establishing a captive herd based on the two females in a German zoo, the only ones in captivity.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 7 , Issue 6 , December 1964 , pp. 291 - 294
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1964

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