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Deer – graceful animal

Deer – graceful animal

Deer – graceful animal


Deer are generally slender and long-legged. Their most striking characteristic is the presence of antlers. The deer family includes about 45 species. The legs are long and slender, well-suited for fast running. Most species of deer have antlers. Usually only males have them, however, in Rangifer, the caribou, both sexes have antlers. Other species, such as the Chinese water deer and the tufted deer, have tusks. Deer are native to Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and northern Africa. People have brought them to Australia, New Zealand, and other areas. Most deer live in small family groups, though the males generally spend some time alone. Female deer usually give birth to one or two young.
The smallest deer, the South American pudu, is about 30 centimeters tall at the shoulder. The largest deer, the moose, may be more than 2.1 meters tall at the shoulder.

Musk deer are so-named because the males of the species have a gland that produces a waxy substance called musk, which is used by males to attract females. They inhabit wet forests in the Himalayas, eastern Asia, and Siberia. Its hair is long and coarse, and varies in color from dark to golden brown. Unlike most other deer, musk deer have no antlers. Their upper canine teeth grow into narrow, pointed tusks. Males use these 6-7 centimeter teeth when fighting each other.
Amazing deer

Amazing deer


After a gestation period of 150 to 198 days, a female gives birth to one or two infants. The babies are born with spotted coats.
Musk deer feed on leaves, flowers, twigs, mosses, grasses, and lichen. Predators include the lynx, wolf, and fox.
Hunters often kill musk deer for their musk to use it in perfumes and medicines.
The wapiti is a North American deer that is often called American elk. It is the second largest deer after the moose with the weight of about 450 kilograms. Wapiti like open woodlands and mountain meadows. They have brown fur with a yellowish white patch on the rump. Males have large antlers that are shed and regrown each year.
Attractive deer

Attractive deer


Swamp deer is a large member of the deer family. These animals feed on grasses and aquatic plants, and their main predators are tigers and leopards. Most male deer grow and shed antlers annually. Swamp deer are found throughout Nepal and India.
Irish elk is perhaps the most well-known fossil species. It was well-suited for life in the open and able to run quickly for long distances.
Deer is a very ancient symbol and it is present in all historical traditions. It is always a fertile symbol of rebirth and renewal, strength and nobility, courage and purity, symbol of the human soul, but also a symbol of the warrior. The deer is associated with the Sun, sunrise, light, creation and spirituality. The antlers of deer symbolize the sun’s rays, fertility.
This animal can often be seen in heraldic images, where it means grace and moderation.

Deer – graceful animal

Awesome deer

Awesome deer

Beautiful deer

Beautiful deer

Charming deer

Charming deer

Deer are fighting

Deer are fighting

Gorgeous deer

Gorgeous deer

Great deer

Great deer

Indian hog deer

Indian hog deer

Hydropotes inermis

Hydropotes inermis

Little deer

Little deer

Magnificent deer

Magnificent deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Odocoileus virginianus

Male and female deer

Male and female deer

Pere David's deer

Pere David’s deer

Red deer

Red deer

Sika deer

Sika deer

South Andean deer

South Andean deer

Smallest deer pudu

Smallest deer pudu

Swimming deer

Swimming deer

Thorold's deer

Thorold’s deer

Tufted deer

Tufted deer

Water deer

Water deer

White-tailed deer

White-tailed deer

Wonderful deer

Wonderful deer

Young deer

Young deer

Deer in paintings

Anton Schmitz

Anton Schmitz

Arthur Fitzwilliam

Arthur Fitzwilliam

August Motsch

August Motsch

August Schleich

August Schleich

Carl Friedrich Deiker Platzhirsch

Carl Friedrich Deiker Platzhirsch

Carl Friedrich Deiker

Carl Friedrich Deiker

Carl Ritter von Dombrowski

Carl Ritter von Dombrowski

Christoffer Drathmann

Christoffer Drathmann

Crista Forest

Crista Forest


Deer – graceful animal
Debra Sisson

Debra Sisson

Erich Dichtl

Erich Dichtl

Emil Rieck

Emil Rieck

Franz Xaver von Pausinger

Franz Xaver von Pausinger

Friedrich Gauermann

Friedrich Gauermann

George Stubbs

George Stubbs

Gina Hawkshaw

Gina Hawkshaw

Gold deer

Gold deer

Gustave Courbet

Gustave Courbet

James Johnson

James Johnson

Johann Christian Kroner

Johann Christian Kroner

Josef Schmitzberger

Josef Schmitzberger

Louis Henry Weston Klingender

Louis Henry Weston Klingender

Ludwig Voltz

Ludwig Voltz

Ludwig Skell

Ludwig Skell

M. Pettis

M. Pettis

Moritz Muller

Moritz Muller

Thomas Kinkade

Thomas Kinkade

Rohrender Hirsch

Rohrender Hirsch

Trevor Tennant

Trevor Tennant

Wilhelm Lorenz

Wilhelm Lorenz

Deer in heraldry

Anadyr district, Chukotka Autonomous District, Russia

Anadyr district, Chukotka Autonomous District, Russia

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda

Antipayuta, Yamalo-Nenets, Russia

Antipayuta, Yamalo-Nenets, Russia

Buzuluk, Orenburg region, Russia

Buzuluk, Orenburg region, Russia

Chile

Chile

Grodno, Belarus

Grodno, Belarus

Nizhny Novgorod region

Nizhny Novgorod region

Lazo municipal district, Khabarovsk Territory, Russia

Lazo municipal district, Khabarovsk Territory, Russia

Priuralsky region, Yamalo-Nenets, Russia

Priuralsky region, Yamalo-Nenets, Russia

Razdolnensky rural settlement, Primorsky krai, Russia

Razdolnensky rural settlement, Primorsky krai, Russia

Smirnykhovsky urban district, Sakhalin region, Russia

Smirnykhovsky urban district, Sakhalin region, Russia

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Tsirina, Grodno region, Belarus

Tsirina, Grodno region, Belarus

Tuguro-Chumikansky district, Khabarovsk Territory, Russia

Tuguro-Chumikansky district, Khabarovsk Territory, Russia

Tynda area, Amur Region, Russia

Tynda area, Amur Region, Russia

Monuments to deer

Ankara

Ankara

Batumi

Batumi

At the Leningrad cinema in Moscow

At the Leningrad cinema in Moscow

Beautiful monument to deer

Beautiful monument to deer

Kronstadt

Kronstadt

Monument to deer in Moscow

Monument to deer in Moscow

Schloss Drachenburg, near Bonn

Schloss Drachenburg, near Bonn

Sochi

Sochi

Voronezh, Russia

Voronezh, Russia