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Genus Hippocamelus – Leuckart, 1816 – two species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population South Andean deer. H. bisulcus (Molina, 1782) Southern Andes mountains: Size: 144–156 cm (57–61 in) long, plus 12–13 cm (5–5 in) tail; 80–90 cm (31–35 in) tall at shoulder [20]
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Binomial name Known maximum mass [kg (lbs)] Shoulder Height ... Red deer: Cervus elaphus: 500 (1102) [4] 1.4: 5:
A deer (pl.: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac , elk (wapiti), red deer , and fallow deer ) and Capreolinae (which includes, among others reindeer (caribou), white-tailed deer , roe deer , and ...
Species of Eucladoceros were large-sized deer. European species lie E. dicranios and E. ctenoides are suggested to have reached a body mass of 250–300 kilograms (550–660 lb), [3] while East Asian E. boulei is suggested to have reached body masses of 350 kilograms (770 lb). [2] Body size of European species increased over time. [4]
The larger species had proportionally longer legs than mainland deer, while the dwarf species had proportionally shorter legs. [12] The large size of the only known individual of C. major may be due to pituitary gigantism , in which case the species may be a synonym of one of the smaller species, perhaps the red deer sized C. dorothensis , [ 13 ...
Male O. v. nelsoni with antlers in velvet. The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known commonly as the whitetail and the Virginia deer, is a medium-sized species of deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia, where it predominately inhabits high mountain terrains of the Andes. [3]
Unlike other deer species, female reindeer grow antlers. Male antlers can grow to lengths of fifty-one inches, while female antlers are smaller, at twenty inches. So, where do reindeer live?
A November 2023 news article about the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act summed up the problem for Key deer this way: "Rising seas created the Key deer. Rapidly rising seas, a symptom of human-caused climate change, are challenging its continued existence and raising tough questions for the people trying to keep the nation's more ...