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Thorold's deer
Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Cervinae
Species : Cervus albirostris
The Thorold's deer, white-lipped deer is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Thorold
A young / baby of a Thorold is called a 'fawn or ass'. The females are called 'doe, hind or cow' and males 'buck, stag or bull'. A Thorold group is called a 'herd'.Countries
China
Facts about the Thorold's deer
Conservation Status Thorold's deer is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN (1996) with a global population around 100,000 animals.
Cervus albirostris is known as "shor" by the Tibetan people. (Full text)
Cultural historical background The white-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris) is an animal with a long and august cultural history in Tibet. (Full text)
1. Cervus, genus Cervus -- (type genus of the Cervidae)Cervus
genus Cervus
(Source WordNet)