noun
Kerama deer; Ryukyu sika
A subspecies of sika deer endemic to the Kerama Islands in Okinawa. Scientific name: Cervus nippon keramae.
ケラマジカは慶良間諸島だけに生息する固有種です。
The Kerama deer is an endemic species found only on the Kerama Islands.
ケラマジカの保護活動が行われている。
Conservation efforts for the Kerama deer are underway.
The Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon) is the mainland species; ケラマジカ is a smaller insular subspecies.
From 慶良間 (Kerama, the island group) + 鹿 (shika, 'deer'), with rendaku voicing to じか.