鹿曾经是台湾数量最庞大的野生动物群之一。明末以来,随着台湾贸易交流的活跃,鹿成为大宗出口商品,土著居民由原先捕鹿作为民生用品逐渐发展至为市场服务;清前期大陆移民入台的农业垦殖又破坏了鹿原有的生态环境。人类经济行为引发的环境变化,最终导致了野生鹿在台湾渐趋消失。 Deer used to be one of Taiwan’s largest wildlife groups. Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, with the active trade exchanges in Taiwan, deer became a staple export commodity, while indigenous residents gradually devel- oped as deeds for livelihood to serve the market. In the early Qing Dynasty, the agricultural reclamation by mainland immigrants destroyed the original ecology of deer surroundings. The environmental changes triggered by human economic activities eventually led to the disappearance of wild deer in Taiwan.