Vietnamese Sika Deer
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The Vietnamese Sika Deer (Cervus nippon pseudaxis) is one of the many subspecies
of the Sika Deer. It is one of the smaller subspecies, due to the tropical environment they live in. They were previously found in northern Vietnam
and possibly southwestern China
, but have now become extinct in the wild
. There are plans for reintroducing this subspecies in the future.
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
of the Sika Deer. It is one of the smaller subspecies, due to the tropical environment they live in. They were previously found in northern Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and possibly southwestern China
China
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, but have now become extinct in the wild
Extinct in the Wild
Extinct in the Wild is a conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa, the only known living members of which are being kept in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range.-Examples:...
. There are plans for reintroducing this subspecies in the future.