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Red Deer

Cervus elaphus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 5,195, February 3,837, March 6,011, April 9,457, May 13,636, June 14,869, July 15,910, August 13,683, September 10,046, October 7,498, November 4,097, December 3,202.
United States108,467
Alaska107,441
United Kingdom2,505
Spain2,062
Italy1,889
England1,457
France1,275
Scotland1,029
Nord-Ovest1,009
Andalucía812

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Dietary

  • HerbivoreFeeds primarily on plantsFrom its classification

Physical

  • HornedHas prominent horns or antlersFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilyDeer · Cervidae
GenusTypical Old World Deer and Elk · Cervus

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