FALLOW DEER
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dama dama
DESCRIPTION: Fallow deer (Dama dama) are members of the Family Cervidae and are native to the Mediterranean Region of Europe, Asia Minor, Palestine, Iran, and northern Africa.
Fallow Deer
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Fallow Deer*
: Family Cervidae : Cervus dama Linnaeus
Description. A medium sized, "rangy" deer; adult males with large palmate antlers.
Fallow deer are a widespread species of deer in Britain. Originally from the Mediterranean and middle east, these deer were spread across Europe by the Romans and introduced to British parks and forests by the Normans in the 11th century.
The fallow deer is principally a grazer, with grass accounting for over 60% of its diet in summer. In the fall the proportion of fruits such as nuts increases. In the winter, the fallow deer browses on leaves.
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Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica)
Southern pudu (Pudu puda)
Reeve's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
Tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus)
Calamian deer (Axis calamianensis)
Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
Red brocket (Mazama americana) ...
Fallow Deer Habits
Daily Life: Wild fallow deer usually live in small herds. Park herds are often larger, numbering 70 animals or more.
The Fallow deer Cervus dama is a relative and can be found throughout parts of Europe, in Scandinavia and Russia.
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Fallow Deer
Dama dama
Introduced, Dukes County. None reported since the early 1980s.
Cervinae Axis Axis axis Axis deer, Chital Axis calamianensis Calamian deer Axis kuhlii Bawean deer, Kuhl's deer Axis porcinus Hog deer Cervus Cervus elaphus Red deer, wapiti, American elk Cervus nippon Sika, Japanese deer Dama Dama dama Fallow deer ...
Old World deer include the red deer, closely related to the North American wapiti, the fallow deer, and the axis deer. The only deer in Africa are small numbers of red deer found in the north in a forested area.
Most fawns are born with their fur covered with white spots, though they lose their spots once they get older (excluding the Fallow Deer who keeps its spots for life).
Megaceros (=Megaloceros) giganteus (meaning "gigantic large horn"), is the prehistoric Irish elk (more closely related to the fallow deer than the elk).
Classification: Kingdom Animalia (animals), Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates), Suborder Ruminantia (ruminants), Family Cervidae (deer, elk, moose, etc.), Subfamilies: Cervinae (elk, fallow deer, etc.), ...
 See also: Deer, Elk, Red Deer, Roe Deer, White-tailed Deer
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