🦌Roe deer
The roe deer, also known as the roe, western roe deer, or European roe, is a species of deer. The male of the species is sometimes referred to as a roebuck. The roe is a small deer, reddish and grey-brown, and well-adapted to cold environments. The species is widespread in Europe, from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia, from Scotland to the Caucasus, and east as far as northern Iran.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 22 kg
- Body length
- 1.51 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 17 years
Everything we know about the Roe deer
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass22 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 22 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.51 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass94 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan17 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 18 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length6.39 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation153 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 153 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.6AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.52 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density22 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l22 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Roe deer yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyCervidae
- ›genusCapreolus
- ›speciesCapreolus capreolus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyCervidae
- genusCapreolus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyCervidae
- genusCapreolus
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