Norwegian red deer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Cervinae |
Genus: | Cervus |
Species: | C. elaphus |
Subspecies: | C. e. atlanticus |
Trinomial name | |
Cervus elaphus atlanticus |
The Norwegian red deer (Cervus elaphus atlanticus) is a small subspecies of red deer native to Norway. Today it is farmed on a commercial basis since the 1980s.