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European Fallow Deer

Dama dama

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 4,232, February 3,126, March 4,897, April 7,705, May 11,109, June 12,114, July 12,962, August 11,148, September 8,184, October 6,109, November 3,338, December 2,609.
United States87,826
Alaska87,533
United Kingdom2,545
England2,403
Australia1,311
Spain843
Italy776
Germany586
Netherlands507
Denmark479

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
GenusEuropean and Persian Fallow Deer · Dama

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Practise European Fallow Deer with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.