Red Deer
Cervus elaphus
During the rut the stags’ far-carrying roaring can be heard as they defend their harem and impress rivals. The antlers are shed every year in late winter and regrown under a covering of velvet by summer.
- Group
- Hoofed Game
- Photos
- 1
- Taken
- 2025
Profile: Red Deer
- Family
- Deer (Cervidae)
- Size
- approx. 1.65–2.05 m head and body length
- Weight
- approx. 100–200 kg
- Habitat
- Large, continuous forests with clearings and adjoining open land; in mountains up to above the tree line.
- Diet
- Grasses, herbs, shoots, buds, tree bark, acorns and beechnuts.
- When to see
- Mainly active at dawn and dusk. The rut takes place in September and October; calves are born in May and June.
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