Новые данные о распространении пятнистого оленя Cervus nippon Temminck, 1838 в Нижнем Приамурье

Abstract

In June 2017 and August 2021 on the territory of the Anyui National Park (Khabarovsk Krai), photographs of sika deer Cervus nippon were obtained using camera traps installed in two sites. In total, the cameras recorded three deer: in 2017, a group of two animals — an adult male and, probably, a young male or female; in 2021, a single adult female. The article reports information from hunters and hunting-biologists about sightings of sika deer over the past 20 years in the Lower Amur Region. According to these data, the sika deer were also noted to the north of the Anyui National Park, in the basins of the rivers Solomi (a tributary of the Anyui River), Nyura and Khoydur (tributaries of the Amur River) and to the south, in the basins of the rivers Muhen, Durmin and Obor. Some features of the deer winter ecology in the region are also discussed.