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The family Cervidae consists of 55 extant species belonging to 19 genera in 2 subfamilies and divided into dozens of extant subspecies. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Additionally, one species, Schomburgk's deer, went extinct in 1938. [2] The classification is based on the molecular phylogeny. [3] [4] [5]
For many types of deer in modern English usage, the male is a buck and the female a doe, but the terms vary with dialect, and according to the size of the species. The male red deer is a stag, while for other large species the male is a bull, the female a cow, as in cattle.
The Capreolinae includes caribou deer (reindeer), whitetail deer, roe deer, and moose. As such, they are two different species within the same subfamily: whitetail deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ...
Male fallow deer fighting Two sambar deer fighting, Silvassa, India. Antlers are unique to cervids. The ancestors of deer had tusks (long upper canine teeth). In most species, antlers appear to replace tusks. However, one modern species (the water deer) has tusks and no antlers and the muntjacs have small antlers and tusks.
The growth of antlers among the females of the deer species is only normal in female reindeer. 4. A Reindeer Grows New Antlers Every Year . Reindeer grow new antlers yearly.
The other three are escaped or released alien species. Moose were also formerly native to Britain, before dying out during the mid- Holocene , over 5,000 years ago. [ 3 ] The comparably sized Irish elk , which had the largest antlers of any deer was formerly also native to Britain, until becoming regionally extinct some 12,000 years ago.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. Medium-sized species of deer White-tailed deer Male (buck or stag) Female (doe) O. v. nelsoni with juveniles (fawns) Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Secure (NatureServe) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order ...
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 ...