Deer

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US White-tailed deer

Ninevah, a female deer. Art by Dustmeat.

Deer are herbivorous ungulates mammals forming part of the family Cervidae. Most common know cervine include the white-tailed deer, reindeer (caribou), mule deer, elk, and moose, among others.

Male deer of all species (except the Chinese water deer), female reindeer, and some (prominently white-tailed) does (due to hormonal imbalance), grow and shed new antlers each year.

[edit] Terminology

• Males
  • Buck
  • Stag/Bull/Cow - The larger bucks in certain cervine species
  • Havier - Castrated or neutered buck
• Females
  • Does
• Younglings
  • Fawn (independent of sex)
  • Kid - Small fawn
  • Calf" - Larger fawn, or a name proper for the larger cervine species
• Herd - A group of deer

[edit] Deer in media

• Bambi

[edit] Deer and furry

• A Doemain of Our Own, a webcomic by SusanDeer

[edit] See also

Deer on Wikipedia

• Category:Deer characters

[edit] External links

• The "Endeering" community on LiveJournal
• "The Divine Cervine" Group on deviantART
• "The Endless Forest" Fan Group on deviantART
• - The "Bambi Addicts" Group on deviantART
• "Cervines International" on Furaffinity (CIFA)
• "The Endless Forest" RPG online game
• - "Shadows of Feardorcha" (a deer RPG based on the "Alastar" comic)