Red Deer
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| Family | Cervidae |
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| Mass | 200 kg (Adult) |
| Scientific name | Cervus elaphus |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Gestation period | 236 days |
| Conservation status | Least Concern (Population increasing) |
| Did you know | Red deer have been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Peru, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. |
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| ID | 837663 |
About Red Deer
The red deer is one of the largest deer species. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia.
King and Queen begin summer stay in Scotland at Balmoral
... The estate includes grouse moors, forestry and farmland and is home to a large population of Red Deer...
Giant stone artefacts found on rare Ice Age site in Kent
... It would have been inhabited by Red Deer and horses, as well as less familiar mammals, such as the now-extinct straight-tusked elephant and lion...
Vote to be held on eradicating all Uist estate's deer
...A vote is to be held on whether all the Red Deer on a community-owned estate in the Western Isles should be culled...
Coventry library book returned 84 years late
... The copy of Red Deer, by Richard Jefferies, was taken out of Earlsdon Library in Coventry by the late Capt William Humphries in 1938...
Ancient footprints reveal 'Irish Sea Serengeti'
... " The oldest ones date to a time when the coastline was 30km away and the tidal muds here were teeming with animals - aurochs, herds of Red Deer, roe deer and also predators like wolves and lynx that are now extinct in the UK, " explains Prof Jamie Woodward from the University of Manchester...
Queen Elizabeth II's special connection with Windsor Great Park
...From the iconic tree-lined Long Walk where Red Deer roam freely, to the 4,800 acres of majestic trees, lakes and ornamental gardens, it is easy to see why Windsor Great Park was so special to the Queen...
Climate change alters Highland red deer gene pool
...Red Deer in the Highlands are evolving because of climate change, a 45-year study has found...
Giant stone artefacts found on rare Ice Age site in Kent
By Christian Fuller & PA MediaBBC News
Researchers in Kent have unearthed some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools ever found in Britain.
Excavations revealed artefacts In Deep Ice Age sediments preserved on a hillside above the Medway Valley.
A total of 800 artefacts, thought to be More Than 300,000 years old and buried in material which filled a sinkhole and ancient river channel were discovered.
Senior archaeologist Letty Ingrey said The Discovery included a footlong hand axe almost Too Big to be handled.
Ms Ingrey, of UCL Institute of Archaeology, said: " We describe these tools as giants when they are over 22cm long, and we have two in this size range.
" The biggest, a colossal 29. 5cm in length, is one of the longest ever found in Britain.
" These hand axes are so big it's difficult to imagine how they could have been easily held and used. "
She speculated that the tools might have fulfilled a less practical or more symbolic function.
" Right now, we aren't sure why such large tools were being made, or which species of early human were making them, " she added.
" This site offers a chance to answer these exciting questions. "
The excavation site is thought to date to a period in the early prehistory of Britain when Neanderthal people and their cultures were beginning to emerge and may even have shared the landscape with other early human species.
At This Time , the Medway Valley would have been a wild landscape of wooded hills and river valleys, the researchers said.
It would have been inhabited by Red Deer and horses, as well as less familiar mammals, such as the now-extinct straight-tusked elephant and lion.
Dr Matt Pope , of UCL Institute of Archaeology, said: " The excavations at the Maritime Academy have given us an incredibly valuable opportunity to study how an entire Ice Age landscape developed over a quarter of A Million years ago. "
The Team also made a second significant find at The Site - a Roman cemetery, dating to at least a quarter of A Million years later than the Ice Age activity.
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Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com