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=== Mammals ===
{{main|List of mammals of Great Britain}}
Large mammals are not particularly numerous in Great Britain. Many of the bigger species, such as the [[grey wolf]] and the [[brown bear]], were hunted to extinction many centuries ago. However, in recent times some of these large mammals have been tentatively reintroduced to some areas of
The other indigenous species is the [[roe deer]]. The common [[fallow deer]] is in fact not native to Britain, having been brought over from [[France]] by the [[Normans]] in the late 11th century. It has become well established.<ref>[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/archaeology/research/plants_fallow.php The Fallow Deer Project, University of Nottingham] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315225356/http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/archaeology/research/plants_fallow.php |date=2008-03-15 }}</ref> The [[sika deer]] is another small species of deer which is not indigenous, originating from [[Japan]]. It is widespread and expanding in Scotland from west to east, with a strong population in [[Peeblesshire]]. Bands of sika exist across the north and south of England though the species is absent in Wales.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Ratcliffe, P. R. |year=1987 |title=Distribution and current status of Sika deer, ''Cervus nippon'', in Great Britain |journal=Mammal Review |volume=17 |pages=39–58|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2907.1987.tb00047.x}}</ref>
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