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Roe Deer - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Buck, Camel, Camelopard, Caribou, Doe, Dromedary, Eland, Elk, Fawn, Gazelle, Giraffe, Gnu, Hart, Hartebeest, Hind, Moose, Okapi, Reindeer, Roe
Roe Deer
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Roe Deer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Capreolus
Species: capreolus
Binomial name
Capreolus capreolus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) is a European and Asiatic deer. It has rather short, erect antlers forked at the tips, and a reddish body with a grey face. It is very quick and graceful, and lives on high ground or mountains. In the Welsh myth Cad Goddeu, a rare white roebuck is stolen from Arawn of Annwn, symbolic of the soul's journey into death.

Bambi, A Life in the Woods is a book about a Roe Deer.

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