Species Cards
Deer
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Group: |
© Erica Bower A red deer trying to hide! |
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Food chain : |
Herbivore |
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What it eats : |
Grass and small plants, trees and shrubs. |
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Eaten by: |
Young deer are sometimes eaten by foxes. |
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Habitat: |
WoodlandWoodland |
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Description: |
Deer have hoofed feet and can run fast. Most deer have antlers - structures like horns that are shed and regrown every year. The largest British land mammal is the red deer. Fallow deer are chestnut to dark brown, and usually have white spots. The roe deer is mid-brown with a white rump. You might also spot muntjac deer - they are small, not much bigger than a fox, and have small unbranched antlers. |
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