Manchurian Sika Deer

Manchurian Sika Deer
Manchurian Sika Deer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
Genus: Cervus
Species: C. nippon
Subspecies: C. n. mantchuricus
Trinomial name
Cervus nippon mantchuricus

The Manchurian Sika Deer or Dybowski's Sika Deer (Cervus nippon mantchuricus) is one of the many subspecies of Sika Deer formerly found in northeastern China, Korea, and Russian Far East. Today it is likely to be extinct in China and Korea, but about 9000 individuals still live in the sparsely populated areas of Primorsky Krai in Russia. It was found by Dybowski when he was shipped to Siberia with other slaves.