Cervus dama; Print; The fallow deer (Dama dama) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. This common species is native to Europe; but has been introduced to Antigua & Barbuda; Argentina; South Africa; Fernando P? S鉶 Tom? Madagascar; Mauritius; Mayotte; R閡nion; Seychelles; Comoro Islands; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Cyprus; Israel; Cape Verde; Lebanon; Australia; New Zealand; Canada; the United States; the Falkland Islands; and Peru. Some taxonomers include the rarer Persian fallow deer as a subspecies (D. d. mesopotamica); while others treat it as an entirely different species (D. mesopotamica).; skeleton