Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer (caribou), white-tailed deer, the roe deer, and the moose. Male deer of all species (except the Chinese water deer) as well as female reindeer, grow and shed new antlers each year. In this they differ from permanently horned antelope, which are part of a different family (Bovidae) within the same order of even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla). Learn more about Deer
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Axis Deer (307 videos) | Axis axis | Least concern |
Caribou (2001 videos) | Rangifer tarandus | Vulnerable |
Elk (2165 videos) | Cervus canadensis | Not Available |
Fallow Deer (0 videos) | Dama dama | Least concern |
Hog Deer (21 videos) | Axis porcinus | Endangered |
Marsh Deer (27 videos) | Blastocerus dichotomus | Vulnerable |
Moose (2211 videos) | Alces americanus | Not Available |
Mule Deer (386 videos) | Odocoileus hemionus | Least concern |
Red Deer (1462 videos) | Cervus elaphus | Least concern |
Sika Deer (104 videos) | Cervus nippon | Least concern |
Western Roe Deer (47 videos) | Capreolus capreolus | Least concern |
White-tailed Deer (1641 videos) | Odocoileus virginianus | Least concern |