Cervus nippon (ungulate)

Mass: 103 kg based on Suzuki et al. 2001

Abundance: 0.11 to 99.37% (median 14.81%)

Latitudinal range: 30.0° to 43.0°

Habitats: (11), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (4), temperate coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

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Found in 17 samples

China: Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, Dazhushan (Late Pleistocene), Tawendaliha (Holocene), Hunchun National Reserve (winter), Hunchun National Reserve (summer), Taosi (Holocene), Zhoujiazhuang (Holocene), Gouwan (Holocene), Huoshiliang (Holocene), Tianluoshan (Holocene), Dabeigou (Late Pleistocene)

Japan: Mt. Ohdaigahara (eastern area), Fujiyoshida City, Obihiro (wildlife overpass), Torihama (Holocene)

North Korea: Chongphadae Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Russia: Geographical Society Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass83900 kgN = 119Suzuki et al. 2001
♂ body mass126900 kgN = 115Suzuki et al. 2001
♀ hind foot length494 mmN = 194Suzuki et al. 2001
♂ hind foot length529 mmN = 111Suzuki et al. 2001

See also Cervus, Cervus albirostris, Cervus canadensis, Cervus duvaucelii, Cervus elaphus, Cervus eldii, Cervus fengqii, Cervus grayi, Cervus hanglu, Cervus philisi, Cervus phillisi, Cervus s.l. nestii vallonnetensis, Cervus sp., Cervus sp. 1, Cervus sp. 2, Cervus spp., Cervus unicolor, Cervus yunnanensis