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IN Great Britain fallow deer are distributed widely and are the most common species in deer parks. It is not known if this deer is indigenous to Britain or whether it was introduced during historic times; popular belief has it that it was introduced by the Romans.
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CHAPMAN, D., CHAPMAN, N. Geographical Variation in Fallow Deer (Dama dama L.). Nature 221, 59–60 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221059b0
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