梅花鹿（Cervus nippon）是鹿科的动物。

分布于东亚。范围从西伯利亚到韩国、中国东部、**((如**田寮区鹿埔里)、和越南；在日本等西太平洋岛屿也有分布。中国的梅花鹿主要分布在吉林省。**亦有分布。而日本的梅花鹿主要分布于北海道，19世纪曾经被猎到几乎绝种。20世纪中开始立法保护，族群在1950年代到1980年代快速恢复。由于缺乏天敌（狼，在日本已灭绝），狩猎被鼓励来控制族群，限制鹿群对农业的伤害。梅花鹿也被引进到澳大利亚、欧洲和美国。原先的目的是作为公园装饰用的动物，但现在许多变成野生。

The sika deer (Cervus nippon) also known as the spotted deer or the Japanese deer, is a species of deer native to much of East Asia, and introduced to various other parts of the world. Previously found from northern Vietnam in the south to the Russian Far East in the north, it is now uncommon in these areas, excluding Japan, where the species is overabundant. Its name comes from shika(鹿), the Japanese word for "deer"; in Japan the species is known as the nihonjika(ニホンジカ（日本鹿）, lit. "Japan deer").