Deer

All 12 species of deer on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Conservation status

Where they live

Recorded in 99 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Where to see them

Did you know…?

• Stags shed and completely regrow their antlers every year, one of the fastest-growing tissues known in any mammal.

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• The rut is its most spectacular moment: in autumn the stags roar to gather and hold a harem, walk in parallel with a rival, sizing each other up, and only come to an antler fight if neither gives way.

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• That deep roar is an adaptation to the forest, where sound matters more than visual display.

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• It runs head down, pushing through the grass, at a trot that recalls a pig.

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• It runs crouched through the tall grass instead of bounding over it, a style that has given it its name and that makes use of the tunnels it opens through the vegetation.

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• The Indochinese subspecies is practically extinct: tiny populations remain in Cambodia and perhaps in Myanmar, and it has already disappeared from Thailand and Vietnam.

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• One of the smallest hoofed animals in the world at 2 kg, and the cunning hero of Malay folk tales.

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Ecosystems