Barbary stag

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Barbary stag
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Suborder: Ruminantia Family: Cervidae Subfamily: Cervinae Genus: Cervus Species: C. elaphus Subspecies: C. e. barbarus
Trinomial name
Cervus elaphus barbarus

The Barbary stag (Cervus elaphus barbarus), or Atlas deer is a subspecies of red deer that is native to North Africa.

Contents 1 Description 2 Range/Habitat 3 Predators 4 External links

[edit] Description

The Barbary stag is smaller than the typical red deer. Its body is dark brown with some white spots on its flanks and back. The antlers lack the bez (second) tine.

[edit] Range/Habitat

The Atlas deer is the only member of the deer family that is native to Africa. It thrives in forested areas of northeastern Algeria and western Tunisia.

[edit] Predators

The Barbary stag have or had predators like the Barbary lion, the Atlas bear, and the Barbary leopard but they're either became extinct or endangered.

[edit] External links

• US Fish & Wildlife Service entry for the Barbary Stag
• Description (Spanish)
• Inclusion of Cervus elaphus barbarus (Atlas deer) in Appendix I of CITES (with a description of this species)