Talk:Deer of Ireland

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Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I just added a few titles in there to make it clear which species are native and which have been introduced as I did with the Deer of Great Britain article. Kentynet (talk) 21:40, 5 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Red Deer NOT Native

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Although red deer existed in Ireland before the ice age, DNA evidence from the University of Dublin strongly suggests that the current red deer population of Ireland were brought to Ireland by Neolithic people from Great Britain over 5000 years ago. Therefore they should not be listed as native.

http://www.ucd.ie/news/2012/04APR12/180412-Kerry-red-deer-ancestry-traced-to-population-introduced-to-Ireland-by-ancient-peoples-over-5000-years-ago.html http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379112000856

I am, therefore, changing the entry to account for this information. Felann96 (talk) 09:44, 19 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

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