European fallow deer


| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Artiodactyla |
| Family | Cervidae |
Body lenght
125-165 cm
Body weight
63-103 kg / 29-54 kg
Habitat
forests, wood
Distribution
Europe, Asia
Conservation status
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European fallow deer
Dama dama
Our animal
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Diet
grasses, herbaceous plan
Reproduction
gestation lasts

- The breeding sea
son or the rut of fallow deer is very different from that of roe deer, as fallow deer do breeding in leks, (where males congregate in small groups on mating territories in which the females’ only purpose for vis iting these territories is for copulation.) While roe deer b ulls occupy harems and defend themselves against competing bu lls. There are also duels between fallow bulls, but not as se rious as with roe deer. - The breeding season for fallow
deer is between the beginning of October and mid-November, a month later than for bull deer. They give a special, guttural sound in the mating period and they scratch special hollo ws, which can be regarded as r utting microterritory. - Both, the adult fema
les and males have white spots arranged in rows on a reddish brown background. There are ma ny variations, ranging from light shapes to a ll-white shapes. - There are als
o dark brown animals, especially among the specimens kept in wildlife parks. In summer the coat is thin and smooth. In winter, the head, neck and ears turn brownish grey; the back and sides are black; the coati s thick and coarse.