Order Artiodactyla Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 637 722 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 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) .