Père David's deer

American  

[pair dah-veedz deer, pair dey-vidz] / ˈpɛər dɑˈvidz ˈdir, ˌpɛər ˈdeɪ vɪdz /

noun

1. a medium-sized, reddish-gray deer, Elaphurus davidianus, of which stocks were obtained in Beijing (formerly, Peking) in 1865 and brought to parks in Europe before the remaining Chinese deer were killed in 1900: the species is sustained in captivity.

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Père David's deer British  

noun

1. a large grey deer, Elaphurus davidianus, surviving only in captivity as descendants of a herd preserved in the Imperial hunting park near Beijing

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Etymology

Origin of Père David's deer

First recorded in 1895–1900; named after Père Armand David (1826–1900), French missionary, the deer's first European observer