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Manchurian sika deer Male calling, recorded at Wareham, Dorset, England, October 1964. Sika deer can be active throughout the day, though in areas with heavy human disturbance, they tend to be nocturnal. Seasonal migration is known to occur in mountainous areas, such as Japan, with winter ranges being up to 700 m (2,300 ft) lower in elevation ...
Sika stand 90–120 cm at the shoulder, 155 cm in length, 43–68 kg in weight. [1] Males are larger and bear deciduous antlers. The summer coat is light brownish, with obvious white spots, while in winter their coat is darker and the spots fade. Formosan sika deer at Kenting National Park Captive-bred specimen
English: Sika deer in Nara Park, a public park located in the city of Nara, Japan, at the foot of Mount Wakakusa, established in the 1300s and one of the oldest parks in Japan. Currently over 1,200 wild sika deer are freely roaming around in the park.
Both male and female reindeer grow antlers. This is a trait that no other species in the deer family possesses. The reason, a peculiar result of circumstances and biological luck, reflects
A member of this family is called a deer or a cervid. They are widespread throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and are found in a wide variety of biomes . Cervids range in size from the 60 cm (24 in) long and 32 cm (13 in) tall pudú to the 3.4 m (11.2 ft) long and 3.4 m (11.2 ft) tall moose .
The male red deer is a stag, while for other large species the male is a bull, the female a cow, as in cattle. In older usage, the male of any species is a hart , especially if over five years old, and the female is a hind , especially if three or more years old. [ 5 ]
The Manchurian sika deer was formerly found in Manchuria (northeastern China), Korea, and the Russian Far East. Today it is likely to be extinct in China and Korea, but about 9,000 individuals still live in the sparsely populated areas of Primorsky Krai in Russia. There are many captive breeding programs in Europe, for hunting and meat ...
A white fallow deer (Dama dama) stag in Hellenthal, Germany A white stag (or white hind for the female) is a white-colored red deer , elk , sika deer , chital , reindeer , or moose . A white deer from species such as fallow deer , roe deer , white-tailed deer , black-tailed deer , or rusa , is instead referred to as a “white buck” or ...