Pere David's deer  (Elaphurus davidianus)

The Pere David's deer occurs in China, in the 1,000 hectare Dafeng Nature Reserve, where it was reintroduced (from a European captive population) after China's wild population became extinct over 1,000 years ago (3). There are also internationally held stocks (3).

This species' original habitat is thought to have been swampy, reed covered marshlands. The Dafeng Nature Reserve, where it now occurs, is a seasonally flooded coastal marsh site (3).