Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758) [Cervus] capreolus Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 68. Type Locality: "Habitat in Europa, Asia"; identified as Sweden by Thomas (1911 a:151). Vernacular Names: European Roe. Subspecies:: Subspecies Capreolus capreolus subsp. capreolus Linnaeus 1758 Subspecies Capreolus capreolus subsp. canus Miller 1910 Subspecies Capreolus capreolus subsp. caucasicus Dinnik 1910 Subspecies Capreolus capreolus subsp. italicus Festa 1925 Distribution: Europe (excluding Corsica, Ireland, Sardinia, and Sicily) to W Russia and Ukraine, Turkey, Caucasus region, NW Syria, N Iraq, N Iran; extinct in Lebanon and Israel; Protoneolithic record from Jordan (Jericho). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Reviewed by Sempéré et al. (1996, Mammalian Species, 538) and by Lister et al. (1998) whose identification of caucasicus as correct name for large-sized subspecies north of Caucasus Mtns is provisional. Treatment of italicus as a valid subspecies follows Lorenzini et al. (2002).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 654, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519