Defined strictly, a deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. A number of broadly similar animals, from related families within the order Artiodactyla, are often also called deer. A ruminant is any hooved animal that digests its food in two steps, first by eating the raw material and regurgitating a semi-digested form known as cud, then eating the cud. ... Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals primarily characterized by the presence of mammary... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Families Suidae Hippopotamidae Tayassuidae Camelidae Tragulidae Moschidae Cervidae Giraffidae Antilocapridae Bovidae The even-toed ungulates form the mammal order Artiodactyla. ...

Depending on the species, male deer are called stags, harts, bucks or bulls, and females are called hinds, does or cows. Young deer are called fawns or calves. Hart is an expression for a stag, particularly a Red Deer stag past its fifth year. It is not commonly used, but an example is in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" when Tybalt refers to the brawling Montagues and Capulets as hartless hinds. "The White Hart" and "The Red Hart" are common English pub names. A hart is a male deer, particularly an adult male red deer. ... Buck is the term used for the males of various species of animal, including: some species of deer rabbits It has also been used as a slang term for either a man (usually a young, sexually adventurous one) or a dollar (particularly in the US). ... A bull is a male of various animal species, including: cattle elephant whale In English, bull is usually spoken to refer specifically to male cattle, with terms such as bull elephant disambiguating the term for other species. ... The word Hind can refer to: A female deer, usually the red deer. ... The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. ... Cows at a small farm in Maryland. ... Categories: Animal stubs ... Binomial name Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Numerous - see text. ... William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ... Romeo and Juliet is a famous play by William Shakespeare concerning the fate of two young star-crossed lovers. ... A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by British cultural heritage. ...

Deer are widely distributed, with representatives in all continents except Australia and Africa. Australia does have six introduced species of deer that have established sustainable wild populations from Acclimatisation Society releases in the 19th Century. These are Fallow Deer, Red Deer, Sambar Deer, Hog Deer, Rusa Deer, and Chital Deer[1] (http://rubens.anu.edu.au/student.projects/rabbits/wildanim.html). Although exotic to the continent, environmental factors restrict their ranges to habitable patches, thereby preventing any one species from becoming a serious pest. Red deer introduced into New Zealand in early 1900s (a gift from US President Theodore Roosevelt) have been largely domesticated since the late 1960s and are common farm animals there now. World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Sweet clover (Melilotus sp. ... Binomial name Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758) The Fallow Deer (Dama dama) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ... Binomial name Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Numerous - see text. ... The sambar is a deer and a member of the family Cervidae. ... Binomial name Axis porcinus Zimmermann, 1780 The Hog Deer (Axis porcinus) is small deer whose habitat ranges from Pakistan, through northern India, to Myanmar, with a secondary range in southeast Asia. ... Binomial name Axis axis ( Erxleben, 1777) The chital (also spelled cheetal) is a large spotted deer which commonly inhabits wooded regions of Sri Lanka and most of India. ... Order: 26th President Vice President: Charles Warren Fairbanks Term of office: September 14, 1901 – March 3, 1909 Preceded by: William McKinley Succeeded by: William Howard Taft Date of birth: October 27, 1858 Place of birth: New York City Date of death: January 6, 1919 Place of death: Oyster Bay, New...

Deer differ from other ruminants in that they have antlers instead of horns. Antlers are bony growths which develop each year (usually in summer) and, in general, it is only male deer that develop them (although there are exceptions). For the Poet Laureate of Milwaukee, see Antler (Poet). ...

A rather scenic picture of a stag grazing on a hill-top

There are about 43 species of deer worldwide, divided into two broad groups: the old world group includes the subfamilies Muntiacinae and Cervinae; the new world deer the subfamilies Hydropotinae and Capreolinae. Note that the terms indicate the origin of the groups, not their modern distribution: the Water Deer, for example, is a new world species but is found only in China and Korea. A stag silhouetted by sunset Original picture by User:Electricmoose File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A stag silhouetted by sunset Original picture by User:Electricmoose File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... In biology, a species is a kind of organism. ... Binomial name Hydropotes inermis ( Swinhoe, 1870) The Water Deer is superficially more similar to a musk deer than a true deer (cervidae) but it is classified as a cervid despite having tusks (downward-pointing canine teeth) instead of antlers and other anatomical anomolies. ... Korea (occasionally spelled Corea) is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in northern East Asia, bordering on China to the west and Russia to the north. ...

It is thought that the new world group evolved about 5 million years ago in the forests of North America and Siberia, the old world deer in Asia. World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. ... Siberian federal subjects of Russia Siberia ( Russian: Сиби́рь, common English transliterations: Sibir, Sibir; possibly from the Mongolian for the calm land) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ... World map showing location of Asia A satellite composite image of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of the continent of Eurasia, defined by subtracting the European peninsula from Eurasia. ...

Deer are selective feeders. They have small, unspecialised stomachs by herbivore standards, and high nutrition requirements: ingesting sufficient minerals to grow a new pair of antlers every year is a significant task. Rather than attempt to digest vast quantities of low-grade, fibrous food as, for example, sheep and cattle do, deer select easily digestible shoots, young leaves, fresh grasses, soft twigs, fruit, fungi, and lichens. Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota The Fungi (singular: fungus) are a large group of organisms ranked as a kingdom within the Domain Eukaryota. ... Crustose and foliose lichens on a wall Foliose lichen on basalt Usnea australis, a fruticose form, growing on a tree branch Lichen on rock Lichens are symbiotic organisms made up by the association of microscopic green algae or cyanobacteria and filamentous fungi. ...

Deer have long had economic significance to humans. While they are generally not as easily domesticated as sheep, goats, pigs, and even cattle, the association between people and deer is very old. Deer meat, for which they are hunted and farmed, is called venison. This article is about the animal, sheep; for other meanings of Sheep, see Sheep (disambiguation). ... Goat - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The domestic pig is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it , reserving for the wild boar. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... Venison is most often associated with the meat of deer, but it also includes the meat of moose, elk, caribou, and antelope. ...

Fawn

Deer running

White-tailed Deer

"Nature and Appearance of Deer, and how they can be hunted with Dogs," taken from "Livre du Roy Modus," created in the 14th Century

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• Family Tragulidae: chevrotains
• Family Moschidae: musk deer
• Family Cervidae
  • Subfamily Muntiacinae (Muntjac and related)
    • Indian Muntjac, Muntiacus muntjak
    • Reeves's Muntjac, Muntiacus reevesi
    • Hairy-fronted Muntjac, Muntiacus crinifrons
    • Fea's Muntjac, Muntiacus feae
    • Roosevelt's Muntjac, Muntiacus rooseveltorum
    • Gongshan Muntjac, Muntiacus gongshanensis
    • Bornean Yellow Muntjac Muntiacus atherodes
    • Giant Muntjac, Muntiacus vuquangensis
    • Truong Son Muntjac Muntiacus truongsonensis
    • Leaf muntjac Muntiacus putaoensis
    • Tufted Deer, Elaphodus cephalophus
  • Subfamily Cervinae
    • Fallow Deer, Dama dama
    • Chital, Axis axis
    • Hog Deer, Axis porcinus
    • Kuhl's Deer, Axis kuhlii
    • Calamian Deer, Axis calamianensis
    • Thorold's Deer, Cervus albirostris
    • Swamp Deer, Cervus duvaucelii
    • Red Deer (Wapiti, Elk) Cervus elaphus
    • Eld's Deer, Cervus eldii
    • Sika Deer, Cervus nippon
    • Rusa Deer, Cervus timorensis
    • Sambar Deer, Cervus unicolor
    • Père David's Deer, Elaphurus davidianus
    • Irish Elk, Megaloceros giganteus (extinct)
  • Subfamily Hydropotinae
    • Water Deer, Hydropotes inermis
  • Subfamily Capreolinae
    • Mule Deer, Odocoileus hermionus
      • Black-tailed Deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
    • White-tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus
      • Key Deer Odocoileus virginianus clavium
    • Roe Deer, Capreolus capreolus
    • Moose (Elk), Alces alces
    • Reindeer (Caribou), Rangifer tarandus
    • Marsh Deer, Blastocerus dichotomus
    • Pampas Deer, Ozotoceros bezoarticus
    • Chilean Huemul, Hippocamelus bisulcus
    • Peruvian Huemul, Hippocamelus antisensis
    • Red Brocket, Mazama americana
    • Brown Brocket, Mazama gouazoupira
    • Little Red Brocket, Mazama rufina
    • Dwarf Brocket, Mazama chunyi
    • Southern Pudu, Pudu pudu
    • Northern Pudu, Pudu mephistophiles
• Family Giraffidae: Giraffe and Okapi
• Family Antilocapridae: Pronghorn
• Family Bovidae: cattle, goats, sheep, and antelope

The four species of chevrotain, also known as mouse deer, make up the family Tragulidae. ... The four species of musk deer make up the family Moschidae. ... Species 10 species, see text Muntjac are deer of the genus Muntiacus, also known as Barking Deer. ... Binomial name Muntiacus muntjak Zimmermann, 1780 The Common muntjac, also called Indian muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) is the most numerous muntjac species. ... Binomial name Muntiacus Crinifrons (Sclater, 1885) The Hairy-fronted muntjac, also known as Black muntjac, lives in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian in South China, also reported in Myanmar. ... Binomial name Muntiacus Feae (Thomas & Doria, 1889) Feas muntjac (also known as Tenasserim muntjac from the region of Myanmar) is a rare species of muntjac living in the Myanmar-Thailand-Laos-China border region. ... Binomial name Muntiacus Rooseveltorum (, ) A single specimen of the Roosevelts Muntjac was presented to the Field Museum in 1929 following a hunting expedition led by Theodore (Jnr) and Kermit Roosevelt. ... Binomial name Muntiacus Gongshanensis (Ma, 1990) The Gongshan muntjac was recently identified by Chinese scientists as a new species of muntjac living in the Gongshan mountains in Yunnan, western China and neighbouring Tibet. ... Binomial name Muntiacus Atherodes (Groves & Grubb, 1982) The Bornean Yellow Muntjac is restricted to the moist forests of Borneo where it lives alongside the common muntjac. ... Binomial name Muntiacus vuquangensis Wemmer et al. ... Binomial name Muntiacus truongsonensis Giao et al. ... Binomial name Muntiacus putaoensis The leaf muntjac or leaf deer (Muntiacus putaoensis) is a small species of muntjac. ... Binomial name Elaphodus cephalophus (Milne-Edwards, 1872) The Tufted Deer is a close relative of the muntjac, living somewhat further north over a wide area of central China and northeastern India and Myanmar. ... Binomial name Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758) The Fallow Deer (Dama dama) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ... Binomial name Axis axis ( Erxleben, 1777) The chital (also spelled cheetal) is a large spotted deer which commonly inhabits wooded regions of Sri Lanka and most of India. ... Binomial name Axis porcinus Zimmermann, 1780 The Hog Deer (Axis porcinus) is small deer whose habitat ranges from Pakistan, through northern India, to Myanmar, with a secondary range in southeast Asia. ... Binomial name Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Numerous - see text. ... Binomial name Cervus eldii (MClelland, 1842) The Elds Deer or Brow-antlered Deer Cervus eldii is a deer indigenous to Southeast Asia. ... The sika deer Cervus nippon is a typical member of the family Cervidae. ... The sambar is a deer and a member of the family Cervidae. ... Père Davids deer (Elaphurus davidianus) is a species of deer known only in captivity. ... Binomial name Megaloceros giganteus (Blumenbach, 1799) The Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus) is an extinct deer that lived in Europe during the Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene epochs. ... Binomial name Hydropotes inermis ( Swinhoe, 1870) The Water Deer is superficially more similar to a musk deer than a true deer (cervidae) but it is classified as a cervid despite having tusks (downward-pointing canine teeth) instead of antlers and other anatomical anomolies. ... Mule Deer Categories: Stub | Deer ... Trinomial name Odocoileus hemionus columbianus Categories: Deer | Stub ... Binomial name Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann, 1780 The White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the Virginia Deer, is a medium sized deer found throughout the 48 contiguous states of the United States, southern Canada and as far south as Panama. ... Trinomial Name Odocoileus virginianus clavium The Key Deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium), is an endangered species of deer that lives only in the Florida Keys. ... Roe Deer Categories: Stub | Deer ... This article is about the land mammal. ... Binomial name Rangifer tarandus The reindeer, known as caribou in North America, is an Arctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus). ... The pudu (Pudu pudu), considered to be the worlds smallest deer, is a native of South America. ... The pudu (Pudu pudu), considered to be the worlds smallest deer, is a native of South America. ... Species  Okapia johnstoni  Giraffa camelopardalis The biological family Giraffidae contains just two members, the Giraffe and the Okapi. ... Binomial name Antilocapra americana Ord, 1815 The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is the only surviving member of the family Antilocapridae, and the fastest land animal in North America running at speeds up to 54 mph (90 km/h). ... Subfamilies Bovinae Cephalophinae Hippotraginae Antilopinae Caprinae A bovid is any of almost 140 species of cloven-hoofed mammals belonging to the family Bovidae. ...

Fictional deer

• For role of deer in mythology, see Deer in mythology.
• In Christmas lore (the narrative poem "'Twas The Night Before Christmas"), reindeer are believed to pull the sleigh of Santa Claus.
• One famous fictional roe deer is Bambi
• Saint Hubertus saw a stag with a crucifix between its antlers while hunting on Good Friday and was converted to Christianity by the vision.
• In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the Patronus Charm that Harry Potter conjures up to scare away the Dementors is a silver Stag because his father's, James Potter, Animagus form was a stag.