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Há 3 dias · A deer (pl.: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae. It 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 moose).
- White-tailed deer
The Texas white-tailed deer (O. v. texanus), of the prairies...
- White-tailed deer
31 de mai. de 2024 · Learn about deer, the family of hoofed ruminants with antlers, from Britannica. Find out their morphology, behaviour, ecology, and diversity across continents.
- Valerius Geist
- Deer are specialized herbivores. They are highly selective feeders on plant food characterized by low fibre but high protein content, toxicity, and...
- There are 43 species of deer that make up the family Cervidae. These species are divided into two fairly distinct groups, the Old World deer (subfa...
- The growing time of a deer's antlers depends on the species, but, generally, they take up to 150 days to grow, after which the velvet dies and is f...
- Antlers are the physical feature considered characteristic of deer. In all but one species of deer, males carry antlers; in the reindeer, both sexe...
- The extinct Irish elk had the largest antlers of any form of deer known—in some specimens, 4 metres (about 13 feet) across. The antlers differed fr...
22 de mai. de 2024 · white-tailed deer, (Odocoileus virginianus), common American deer of the family Cervidae (order Artiodactyla) that covers a huge range from the Arctic Circle in western Canada to 18 degrees south of the Equator in Peru and Bolivia.
- Valerius Geist
Há 4 dias · The introduction of deer to New Zealand began in the middle of the 19th century, and current populations are primarily European red deer, with only 15 percent being elk. In 1905 18 American wapiti were released in George Sound in the Fiordland National Park.
27 de mai. de 2024 · Foraging languidly among forests and plains, the deer is one of the most familiar and recognizable sights in all of nature. The deer is an animal that has proliferated across the globe and evolved many adaptations to help it cope with the rigors of a hostile world.
Há 5 dias · Roe deer, (genus Capreolus), small, graceful Eurasian deer of the family Cervidae (order Artiodactyla). There are two species of roe deer: the European, or western, roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and the larger Siberian roe deer (C. pygargus). Despite their Old World distribution, roe deer are more.
