Sika Deer Cervus nippon Temminck, 1838Non-native    Synonyms: Sika Elk.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Mammalia   >   Order Artiodactyla   >   Family Cervidae   >   Genus Cervus   

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Native to Japan and eastern mainland Asia, the diminutive Sika Deer was introduced on Assateague Island in the 1920s. Locally common elsewhere on the lower Eastern Shore, especially Dorchester County.

There are 291 records in the project database.

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Sika Deer on Assateague Island, Maryland (12/10/2005). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)(More of this species)

Sika Deer on Assateague Island in Worcester Co., Maryland (11/15/2014). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Sika Deer on Assateague Island in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/1/2012). Photo by Nancy Magnusson. (MBP list)

A Sika Deer in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/3/2011). Photo by Jared Satchell. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Worcester Co., Maryland (11/29/2009). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/24/2021). (c) tomfeild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tom Feild. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Worcester Co., Maryland (2/6/2018). Photo by Emily Carter Mitchell. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/23/2022). (c) bev435, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bev435 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Worcester Co., Maryland (12/18/2022). (c) bev435, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bev435 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Worcester Co., Maryland (12/18/2022). (c) bev435, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bev435 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A very wet Sika Deer in Dorchester Co., Maryland (3/29/2014). Photo by Nancy Magnusson. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Worcester Co., Maryland (12/18/2022). (c) bev435, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bev435 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Worcester Co., Maryland (12/18/2022). (c) bev435, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bev435 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/6/2020). (c) gekkorotto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by gekkorotto via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Sika Deer on Assateague Island, Maryland (2/9/2013). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/10/2021). (c) bev435, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bev435 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/31/2022). (c) cassie525, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by cassie525 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/10/2021). (c) bev435, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bev435 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/24/2008). (c) Matt Tillett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by mtillett via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A young Sika Deer in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/22/2018). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Hans Holbrook. (MBP list)

Sika Deer and ponies on Assateague Island in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/1/2007). Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/2/2018). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved. Photo by Kyle Klotz. (MBP list)

Sika Deer in Kent Co., Maryland (7/16/2022). (c) matt whitbeck, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by matt_whitbeck via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Sika Deer documented by trail cam in Kent Co., Maryland (10/16/2014). This is our northernmost record of the species for the project at this time. Photo by Donnie Forgan. (MBP list)


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