Deer Flashcards
What are the native deer species in UK?
- Red
- Fallow
- Roe
What invasive species?
- Sika
- Muntjac
- Chinese Water Deer
Domesticated Species?
- Reindeer
- ‘Red’
Red Deer?
Cervus elaphus
Largest UK species
Only widely farmed species
Wild, park, farm
Normal and ‘white’ reds (leukistic)
What kind of breeder are red deer?
Seasonal breeders
Fallow Deer name?
Dama Dama
Describe Fallow Deer?
- very few farms
- Common in deer parks
- Commo,n in the wild
Fallow deer what breeders?
seasonal breeders
What kind of animals in fallow deer?
- Palmated antlers
- FOur colouts - common, menil, leukistic, melanistic
Temperament fallow deer?
Fractious, nervous, herd species
Roe deer - name?
Capreolus capreolus
Describe Roe deer ?
- WIld deer only
- None specifically in deer parks
- Smaller deer species
Reprod/ bhvr roe deer?
- Seasonal breeders (long day)
- Solitary bery small groups
- 11 mth gestation - delayed implantation
Sika deer name?
Cervus nippon
Describe sika deer?
- Peesent in parks and some areas wild
- Similar genetics to red deer
- Smaller stature
- Variety subsp
- Hybrid between reds and sika
Name of Muntjac deer?
Muntiacus reevesii
Muntjac?
- Small
- All year round breeders
- INVASIVE
- Illegal to release
- Small antlers
Chinese Water Deer name?
Hydropotes inermis
Chinese Water Deer describe
- Small - Slowly increasing range - No antlers, fangs
- Invasive species
Reindeer name?
Rangifer tarandus
Describe Reindeer?
- Domesticated in UK
- exhibition & pet groups most common
- Caringorm herd
- Males commonly catsrated
- Females and males grow antlers
Deer bhvr in general?
- PRey species
- Very new to domestication
- Heavily seasonal aggression
- Will fight if pushed
- Un like any other species to read
- Bullying
Describe Deer Antlers?
- Testosterone. androgen dependant
- Annual growth
- Velvet and pedicle growth planes
- CLeaning
- Casting
- Damage & injuries
Deer farms?
- Almost exclusively red deer
- Only venison production in EU
- NZ velvet industry
- Regularly handled
- Must go through abbatoir