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is not entirely clear: it may have meant 'ibex' or 'chamois'. The roe deer was also known as capraginus or capruginus in Latin.

Systematics

Roe deer are most closely related to the water deer Hydropotes, and, counterintuitively, the three species in this group, called the Capreolini, are most closely related to elk and moose Alces.

Although roe deer were once classified as belonging to the

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