Fallow deer in field🦌

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SpeciesArtiodactylaCervidae
Mammals

🦌European fallow deer

Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dovhjort (Dama dama) är ett hjortdjur som är mindre än kronhjorten.

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Also called
Dama dama, Fallow Deer, Fallow deer, Common Fallow-deer, fallow deer, Mesopotamian Fallow Deer, Persian Fallow Deer
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2008.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
64 kg
Body length
1.75 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
25 years
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Everything we know about the European fallow deer

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
64 kg
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  • 70 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
1.75 m
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Brain mass
196 g
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Maximum lifespan
25 years
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  • 27 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
9 years
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Age at maturity
1.5 years
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Gestation
233 days
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  • 233 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
1
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Home range
0.71 km²
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Population density
17 per km²
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Volume l
64 Laverage
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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 European fallow deer yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderArtiodactyla
  5. ›familyCervidae
  6. ›genusDama
  7. ›speciesDama dama
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  3. subfamilyCervinae
  4. genusDama
All 16 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
  12. suborderRuminantia
  13. infraorderPecora
  14. familyCervidae
  15. subfamilyCervinae
  16. genusDama
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Closest relative on this site
🦌 Elk — last shared an ancestor ≈ 4.6 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
daniel zwyczajny (pl), יחמור אירופי (he), Damhirsch (de), daim (fr), Dama dama (es), gamo europeo (gl) … and 27 more languages
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