Deer

Hoofed mammals whose males grow antlers that fall off and grow back every year.

5 entries

ElkCervus canadensisA large North American deer whose males grow huge antlers every year and fill autumn valleys with high-pitched bugling.Père David's DeerElaphurus davidianusA water-loving Chinese deer that disappeared from the wild long ago and survived only in captive herds.Southern PuduPudu pudaOne of the world's smallest deer, a shy, reddish-brown deer of the rainforests of Chile and Argentina.Tufted DeerElaphodus cephalophusA small, dark deer of Chinese mountain forests named for the tuft of hair on its forehead, which often hides the male's tiny antlers.White-Tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianusA common deer of the Americas that flashes its white tail as a warning and bounds away at up to 30 miles per hour.