Sika Deer - Cervus nippon - Sikahert
East-Siberia to East-China, Vietnam and Japan. Introduced to Europe, Caucasus, New Zealand, USA and Pacific Ocean islands.

The following 16 subspecies are being recognized:
Cervus nippon hortulorum - East-Russia, Southeast-Siberia to North-China;
Cervus nippon mantchuricus - Northeast-China, Korea to Far East Russia;
Cervus nippon yesoensis - Japan (Hokkaido, Yeso Island);
Cervus nippon pulchellus - Japan (Are, Izuhara and Tsushima Islands);
Cervus nippon yakushimae - Japan (North-Ryukyu Islands);
Cervus nippon keramae - Japan (South-Ryukyu Islands);
Cervus nippon aplodontus - Japan (North-Honshu Island to North-Tokyo);Islands;
Cervus nippon nippon - Japan (South-Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku Islands);
Cervus nippon mageshima - Japan (Mageshima Islands);
Cervus nippon soloensis - Philippines (Sulu Archipelago);
Cervus nippon mandarinus - North- and Northeast-China;
Cervus nippon kopschi - East-China;
Cervus nippon grassianus - Central-China (probably extinct around 1920);
Cervus nippon sichuanicus - Southwest-China (Szechuan);
Cervus nippon pseudaxis - Indochina to North-Vietnam;
Cervus nippon taiouanus - Taiwan.

Of this species there are also Nature Photo's available.