Red deer

Cervus elaphus
Deer (Cervidae)

♂, ♀with young
Red deeron RikenMon's Nature-Guide

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Red-brown deer, grey-brown in winter. Lighter belly and rump. Only the ♂ has antlers that can become larger dependent on age and in winter it grows a mane. The young have white markings.

They live in herds and are mainly active in the evening and night. In spring the antlers are shed to grow back in summer. ♂ makes a distinctive noise during mating the 'burl'.

⇔ hbl. 165-260 cm, sh. 114-140 cm, tl. 12-20 cm, antlers ♂ 70-90 cm

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