deer: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Cervidae

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male white-tailed deer

roe deer shedding velvet

elk shedding velvet

Two male red deer lock antlers and push against each other during a rutting contest in tall grass at Richmond Park, London.

Roe deer buck (Capreolus capreolus) with small antlers standing in a grassy field in Slovakia, looking toward the camera.

Chital (Axis axis) in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India

Chinese muntjac

Watch a doe give birth to a pair of fawns and then care for them and guide them

Life cycle of the European moose in Northern Russia

A deer's face is divided by a dashed line, showing normal color on the right and a yellow-green tinted version on the left. Blue boxes display the words Deer Vision.

Watch a female deer give birth to, feed, groom, and nurture a pair of fawns in their natural habitat

How do Siberian tigers and sikas intersect in their effort to survive?

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