🦌Sika deer
The sika deer, also known as the northern spotted deer or the Japanese deer, is a species of deer native to much of East Asia and introduced to other parts of the world. Previously found from northern Vietnam in the south to the Russian Far East in the north, it was overhunted to the brink of extinction in the 19th century. Protection laws were enacted in the mid-20th century, leading to a rapid recovery of their population from the 1950s to the 1980s.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 53 kg
- Body length
- 1.3 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 26 years
Everything we know about the Sika deer
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass53 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 42 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length1.3 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass136 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan26 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 26 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length9.58 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.4 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation224 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 210 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 / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.43 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density17 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l53 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 Sika deer yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyCervidae
- ›genusCervus
- ›speciesCervus nippon
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyCervidae
- subfamilyCervinae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyCervidae
- subfamilyCervinae
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