🦌Père David's deer
Père David's deer, also known as the milu or elaphure, is a species of deer native to the subtropical river valleys of China. It grazes mainly on grass and aquatic plants. It is the only extant member of the genus Elaphurus. Some experts suggest demoting Elaphurus to a subgenus of Cervus. Based on genetic comparisons, Père David's deer is closely related to Eld's deer.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 166 kg
- Body length
- 2.16 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 27 years
Extinct in the wild
Assessed Extinct in the Wild on the IUCN Red List, 2016. The only known survivors live in captivity or outside their natural range.
Everything we know about the Père David's deer
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass166 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 187 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length2.16 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass333 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan27 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 28 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length9.67 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.7 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation286 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 288 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l166 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Père David's deer yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyCervidae
- ›genusElaphurus
- ›speciesElaphurus davidianus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- subfamilyCervinae
- genusElaphurus
All 16 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyCervidae
- subfamilyCervinae
- genusElaphurus
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