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#0105 · 🦊 mammals

Eastern Roe Deer

🇳🇱 Siberische Ree ·Capreolus pygargus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Eastern Roe Deer, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Andrey Giljov · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Siberian roe deer or eastern roe deer ( Capreolus pygargus ) is a species of roe deer found in northeastern Asia. In addition to Siberia and Mongolia, it is found in Kazakhstan, the Tian Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan, eastern Tibet, the Korean Peninsula, and northeastern China (Manchuria).

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,586iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 5,586 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1771 (255 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Eastern Roe Deer
Nederlands
Siberische Ree
scientific name
Capreolus pygargus
class
Mammalia
order
Artiodactyla
family
Cervidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
724
sightings worldwide
5,586
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1771 by Peter Simon Pallas

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Cervidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 42183, Wikidata Q501491, GBIF 5220127, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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