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title: "European Stag Beetle"
description: "Lucanus cervus — Insetti e ragni. Lucanus cervus, known as the European stag beetle, or the greater stag beetle, is one of the best-known species of stag beetle (family Lucanidae) in Western Europe, and is the eponymous example of the genus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/european-stag-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# European Stag Beetle

> Lucanus cervus — Insetti e ragni. Lucanus cervus, known as the European stag beetle, or the greater stag beetle, is one of the best-known species of stag beetle (family Lucanidae) in Western Europe, and is the eponymous example of the genus.

- Scientific name: *Lucanus cervus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 58622
- Wikidata: [Q190491](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190491)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61749](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61749)

## Names

- en: European Stag Beetle
- de: Hirschkäfer
- es: Ciervo Volante
- fr: Lucane cerf-volant
- nl: Vliegend hert
- pl: Jelonek rogacz

## Countries with the most observations

FR (9988), IT (6129), DE (5348), UA (4723), AT (4448), ES (4365), CZ (3191), PT (2864), GB (2769), RU (2408), HU (2154), HR (1377)

## Summary

Lucanus cervus, known as the European stag beetle, or the greater stag beetle, is one of the best-known species of stag beetle (family Lucanidae) in Western Europe, and is the eponymous example of the genus. L. cervus is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucanus_cervus

## Photo

![European Stag Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-stag-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: José Antonio León Mangado · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206082183

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-stag-beetle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).