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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 ...
Cervalces scotti size chart. It was as large as the modern moose, with an elk -like head, long legs, and palmate antlers that were more complex and heavily branching than the moose. [ 3 ] Cervalces scotti reached 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in length and a weight of 708.5 kg (1,562 lb).
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?
Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Southern pudú Pudu puda (Molina, 1782) Southern Andes of Chile and Argentina: Size: Slightly larger than its sister species, the northern pudú, being 35 to 45 cm (14 to 18 in) tall at the shoulder and weighs 6.4 to 13.4 kg (14 to 30 lb). [14]
As surprising as it may sound, reindeer are the only deer species to be widely domesticated. Some scientists claim that reindeer domestication started almost 2000 years ago.
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 ...