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The Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. It is treated here as its own species, but it is also often described as a subspecies of Fallow Deer and named Dama dama mesopotamica.

1 Description

Persian fallow deer are bigger than fallow deer, their antlers bigger and less palmated. They are nearly extinct today, inhabiting a small habitat in Khuzestan, southern Iran and an island in Lake Urmia in northern Iran. They were formerly found from Mesopotamia and Egypt to the Cyrenaica and Cyprus. Their preferred habitat is open woodland. They are bred in zoos and parks in Iran, Israel and Germany today.

2 History

Persian fallow deer were introduced into CyprusThis is the history of Cyprus. See also the history of Europe, history of present-day nations and states. Narrative the name The metal copper is named after Cyprus. Romans used copper extensively and they received their copper from Cyprus and was known as in the pre-pottery NeolithicThe Neolithic (Greek neos new, lithos stone, or "New Stone Age") is traditionally the last part of the stone age. The name was invented by John Lubbock in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system. It followed Pleistocene Epipalaeolithic and early Holo (PPNA). Bones were found in Khirokitia and Enkomi . A Greek legend, related by Aelianus ca 200 AD, recounts how the deerAbout 15 in 4 subfamilies. Defined strictly, a deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae . A number of broadly similar animals, from related families within the order Artiodactyla, are often also called deer''. Depending on the species, ms of the Lebanon and Mount CarmelMount Carmel is the name of several places in the world: Mount Carmel, Israel Mount Carmel, Newfoundland, Canada Mount Carmel, Illinois, United States of America Mount Carmel, Tennessee, United States of America (See also Carmel. reached CyprusCyprus (in Greek Kypros Κυπρος; and in Turkish Kibris is an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, 113 kilometres (70 miles) south of Turkey and around 120 km west of Syrian coast. Name and position The English-langua by swimming the Mediterranean, the head of each animal placed on the back of the deer in front of it.

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