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The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a doe or hind.The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of western Asia.
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]
Reindeer antlers are the largest and heaviest of all extant deer species. Unlike other deer species, female reindeer grow antlers. Male antlers can grow to lengths of fifty-one inches, while ...
Within the red deer species group, some sources have recommended the Central Asian red deer (Cervus hanglu) should be treated as a species. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] If the Central Asian red deer (from the Caspian Sea to western China ) is recognized as a species, it includes the Yarkand deer and Bactrian deer (the two may be synonymous ), but it could ...
All other deer species refer to the males as "bucks" and the females as "does." This is not the case with reindeer. They are referred to as "bulls" and "cows," just like cattle or elk.
However, other baby deer species are commonly called fawns, making it even more interesting that baby reindeer do not have the same classification. 5. Reindeer Have the Largest Antlers of Any Deer
A hart is a male red deer, synonymous with stag and used in contrast to the female hind; its use may now be considered mostly poetic or archaic. The word comes from Middle English hert, from Old English heorot; compare Frisian hart, Dutch hert, German Hirsch, and Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish hjort, all meaning "deer".
Five cervid species (clockwise from top left): the red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon), barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Cervidae is a family of hoofed ruminant mammals in the order Artiodactyla. A member of this family is called a deer or a cervid.