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roe deer

mammal
Also known as: Capreolus, roebuck
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Valerius Geist
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science, Faculty of Environmental Design, The University of Calgary. Author of Deer of the World and Mule Deer Country.
Valerius Geist
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roe deer, (genus Capreolus), small, graceful Eurasian deer of the family Cervidae (order Artiodactyla). There are two species of roe deer: the European, or western, roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and the larger Siberian roe deer (C. pygargus). Despite their Old World distribution, roe deer are more closely related to New World deer than to Old World deer. They are well adapted to cold environments, and they range from northern Europe and Asia into the high...

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