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Five cervid species (clockwise from top left): the red deer ( Cervus elaphus ), sika deer ( Cervus nippon ), barasingha ( Rucervus duvaucelii ), reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus ), white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus) Cervidae is a family of hoofed ruminant mammals in the order Artiodactyla. A member of this family is called a deer or a ...
The name fallow is derived from the deer's pale brown colour. The Latin word dāma or damma, used for roe deer, gazelles, and antelopes, lies at the root of the modern scientific name, as well as the German Damhirsch, French daim, Dutch damhert, and Italian daino. In Serbo-Croatian, the name for the fallow deer is jelen lopatar ("shovel deer ...
Adult females (does) usually weigh between 20 and 29 kg (44 and 64 lb) and have an average height of 66 cm (26 in) at the shoulders. The deer is a reddish-brown to grey-brown in color. Antlers are grown by males and shed between February and March and regrown by June. When the antlers are growing, they have a white velvet coating.
Deer cutaneous fibroma. Cutaneous fibromas (also known as deer warts[ 1]) are common neoplasms occurring in wild and domestic deer of many species and are caused by host-specific viral infections. [ 2][ 3][ 4] The fibromas occur most frequently in animals under 2 years of age, with cases in older deer reported occasionally or rarely. [ 2] Deer ...
Gray brocket. The gray brocket ( Mazama gouazoubira ), also known as the brown brocket, is a species of brocket deer [ 2] from northern Argentina, Bolivia, southern Peru, eastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It formerly included the Amazonian brown brocket ( M. nemorivaga) [ 3] and sometimes also the Yucatan brown brocket ...
White stag. A white stag (or white hind for the female) is a white-colored red deer, elk, sika deer, chital, fallow deer, roe deer, white-tailed deer, black-tailed deer, reindeer, moose, or rusa, explained by a condition known as leucism that causes its hair and skin to lose its natural colour. The white deer has played a prominent role in many ...
The Sitka deer or Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) is a subspecies of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), similar to the Columbian black-tailed subspecies (O. h. colombianus). Their name originates from Sitka, Alaska, and it is not to be confused with the similarly named sika deer. Weighing in on average between 48 and 90 kg ...
Scottish red deer. The Scottish red deer ( Cervus elaphus scoticus) is a subspecies of red deer, [ 1] which is native to Great Britain. Like the red deer of Ireland, it migrated from continental Europe sometime in the Stone Age. The Scottish red deer is farmed for meat, antlers and hides. [ 2][ 3]