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Scientific name:
lucanus cervus
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Lucanidae
Genus:
Lucanus
Endangerment:
- Listed as ‘potentially endangered’ on the IUCN Red List (2023, Europe).
- Increasingly threatened by the destruction of its habitat.
- Classified as ‘critically endangered’ on Germany's Red List.
Special features:
- Insect of the Year 2017 in Romania and Moldova.
- Insect of the Year 2021 in Germany.
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