Sika deer to less than 1,000. Of the five subspecies in China, the North China sika deer ("C. n. mandarinus") is believed to be extinct in the wild since the 1930s; the Shanxi sika deer ("C. n. grassianus") has not been seen in the wild since the 1980s and is also believed to be extinct in the wild. The status of Manchurian sika deer in China is unclear, though it is believed to be extinct, as well, and the sightings there are actually feral populations. The South China sika deer ("C. n. kopschi") and Sichuan sika deer ("C. n. sichuanicus") are the
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