#cervidae

[inatungulates]

Yucatán white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus yucatanensis

Observed by fredlelievre, CC BY-NC-ND

[mammalianmammals]

Moose (Alces alces), juvenile, piebald coloration, family Cervidae, eastern Norway

photographed by Thomas Morch ᴍøʀᴄʜ ғᴏᴛᴏ 🇳🇴 (@m0rch)

[birdblues]

Western Jackdaw & European Fallow Deer

[daily-dragon-drawing]

deer dragon?

#70 - 春鹿 (chūn lù / spring deer) - Here to usher in a gentle spring 🌷🌿🦌🌱🌼

[fleebites]

among the fawns and ferns

[snototter]

A moose (Alces alces) amongst the snow in Ottowa, Canada

by Mike Norkum

[feather-bone]

Fallow deer! Winter coat and summer coat. The spots get much less visible in the winter as they grow a thicker, usually much darker, coat of fur. Their colors and patterns can vary quite a bit!

[ID: two mirrored illustrations of deer with large, palmate antlers. The left deer is darker grey-brown in color, and the right deer is chestnut brown with white spots. The background is pale blue with cobblestones at the deers’ feet. End.]

[losttimpactt]

A new viewpoint on antlers reveals the evolutionary history of deer (Cervidae, Mammalia)

fullview recommended!

something i've wanted to do for a while now. i've scoured the internet for something like this and can't find anything that compares all the different types of antlers together. except one recent study on their evolution, which is also very interesting on its own! i simplified it to provide a visual reference, while still trying to be scientifically accurate. some things differ between this and trophy scoring terminology like where the beam is and whatnot, so if something looks weird that's why.

small additional note, this study and others provide a lot of evidence that eld's deer should be in their own genus as it doesn't appear similar enough to barasingha and schomburgk's deer. however this doesn't seem to be adapted anywhere yet, so they're still in Rucervus for this guide.

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[moodbroads]

oh- cervidae!!? XDD

but oh... cervidae.. <3

[natjiren]

40 point buck

[hamsterdancen]

adopt (closed)

[mammalianmammals]

Elk aka Waipiti (Cervus canadensis), male, family Cervidae, western USA

photograph by David Turko

[inatungulates]

Marsh deer Blastocerus dichotomus

Observed by latalo, CC BY-NC

[drafthearse]

Red Deer (female) in the Wisentgehege Springe game park near Springe, Hanover, Germany

[pastacrylic]

haha no guys i swear im a regular, alive doe, there is no lich-ery business involved or anything haha no these arent fangs i swear