Latin Etymology: Cervus ("deer") elaphus ("deer")
Herd of Red Deer (subspecies C. e. scoticus) at Haweswater, Cumbria - April 2011
Featured Subspecies: Cervus elaphus scoticus
Weight: 160-240kg / Length: 201cm
UK STATUS NOT EVALUATED / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
The Red Deer holds many size related records in the UK - it is the biggest extant land animal in the UK and the fourth largest deer in the world. They are one of only two native deer to the UK (along with the Roe, all others have been introduced) and are probably about the easiest to see if you are in the right place - they favour open country a lot more than the rest of the species which prefer woodland. Particularly common in the North of the country in mountainous and hilly country where it is often managed for shooting estates.
Related Species:
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Cervus
SUBSPECIES: C. e. elaphus, C. e. alashanicus, C. e. atlanticus, C. e. barbarus, C. e. brauneri, C. e. canadensis, C. e. corsicanus, C. e. hanglu, C. e. hispanicus, C. e. kansuensis, C. e. macnelli, C. e. maral, C.e. nannodes, C. e. pannoniensis, C. e. scoticus, C. e. songaricus, C. e. wallichii, C. e. xanthopygus, C. e. yarkandensis
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - A locally abundant resident
- Seen around Haweswater
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