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deer
the Cervidae family. Includes 17 genera and 53 species. The principal members are deer, elk, reindeer, wapitii, muntjack and sika. The common species are: black-tailed deer (odocoileushemionus columbiana), Columbian white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus, Dama virginianus); chevrotain (Tragulus spp.); mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus); muntjac (Muntiacus spp.); père david's deer (Elaphurus davidianus); fallow deer (Dama dama); roe deer (Capreolus capreolus); axis deer (Axis axis); reindeer or caribou (Rangifer tarandus); red deer (Cervus elaphus); sambar deer (Rusa unicolor); wapiti (Cervus canadensis) called also American elk; hog deer (Axis porcinus); american moose (Alces americana).

deer herpesvirus (DHV)
the pathogenicity is unknown.


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