Capreolus pygargus

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Artiodactyla; Cervidae; Capreolus; Capreolus pygargus; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6514549; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087C4FFD0FFD1FF02F9C8EE31F72D

33. Eastern Roe Deer Capreolus pygargus French: Chevreuil de Sibérie / German: Sibirisches Reh / Spanish: Corzo siberiano Other common names: Siberian Roe Deer Taxonomy. Cervus pygargus Pallas, 1771, river Sok, Trans-Volga region (Russia). Here two subspecies are recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. C.p.pygargusPallas,1771—fromEuropeanRussiatoCSiberiaandYakutia. C. p. tianschanicus Satunin, 1906 — from Kazakhstan to SE Siberia, C & NE China, and the Korean Peninsula. Descriptive notes. Head body 125-145 cm, tail 2-4 cm, shoulder height 82-94 cm; weight 35-50 kg for males (adult bucks) and 32-47 kg for females (adult does). The heaviest animals are found in the Urals, Altai Mountains, and Yakutia (bucks up to 60-65 kg); the smallest possibly in China. It is a relatively large roe deer, with mostly uniform coat coloration. Facial markings are generally absent and the metatarsal glands are the same color as the legs. The antlers, which average 28-33 cm long on average in adult bucks, are well spread apart at the tips, but the pedicles are farther apart than in the Western Roe Deer (C. capreolus). The winter coat is gray or, in southern populations, graysh-brown, with a white rump patch. The summer coatis reddish. The molts occur in spring and autumn. Newborn fawns are spotted. The karyotype exhibits 1-14 additional Bchromosomes. Habitat. Eastern Roe Deerlive in forests with clearings and in treeless steppes with tall grass. They are particularly adapted to severe weather, tolerating temperatures from —60°C (Siberia) to more than 40°C (Central Asia). They occur up to 3300 m above sea level on mountain ranges. Snow depth more than 50 cm is a limiting factor. Food and Feeding. As browsers, roe deer prefer herbaceous dycotyledons and woody species. In winter they feed on twigs, dry herbs, mosses, and lichens. Breeding. Females attain puberty at about one year of age. Males tend to begin to reproduce by two or three years of age. Rut takes place in August and September. Females are described by Russian ...