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Male marsh deer with large antlers feeds on aquatic plants while standing in shallow water in the Ibera Wetlands, Argentina.
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Male marsh deer with large antlers feeds on aquatic plants while standing in shallow water in the Ibera Wetlands, Argentina.
Marsh deer A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) feeding on a plant in the Iberá wetlands, Argentina.

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List of deer, The deer (family Cervidae) comprises 43 species of hoofed ruminants in the order Artiodactyla. They are notable for having two large and two small hooves on each foot and also for having antlers in the males of most species and in the females of one species. Deer are native to all continents except Australia and Antarctica, and many species have been widely introduced beyond their original habitats as game animals. This is a list of selected deer species ordered alphabetically by subfamily, genus, and common name. (See also artiodactyl; mammalogy; venison.)

subfamily Capreolinae

subfamily Cervinae

subfamily Hydropotinae

extinct deer

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Melissa Petruzzello.