Red Deer

• fisiologíaStags shed and completely regrow their antlers every year, one of the fastest-growing tissues known in any mammal.
• 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.
• That deep roar is an adaptation to the forest, where sound matters more than visual display.
• A dominant stag can gather up to twenty hinds during the rut.
• The wapiti of North America and eastern Asia was considered a subspecies of it for decades. Genetic studies separated it as a species in its own right, Cervus canadensis, although in captivity the two hybridise and produce fertile offspring.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (mammal)

Habitat and environment

Deciduous and coniferous woodland, heaths, mountain meadows and dehesa wood pasture across Europe, western Asia and North Africa; also open ground where it is not persecuted

Birth weight

About 15 kg

Sexual maturity

2.3 years

Gestation / incubation

8 months

Litter / clutch size

1

Life expectancy in captivity

31

Sources consulted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_deer

Best time: September and October, during the rut