History of Population Decline
Persian fallow deer were formerly found in Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and eastern Turkey. By 1875, the range of the Persian fallow deer was restricted to southwestern and western Iran, having disappeared from the rest of its range. The species, thought to be extinct by the 1940s, was subsequently rediscovered as a population of approximately 25 individuals in the Khuzestan Province in Iran in 1956. Today, the only surviving indigenous populations are in the Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge and Karkeh Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Iran.
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