Red Deer is cloven-hoofed animals.Its habitat - Asia and Europe, temperate zone of North America and North Africa.To adapt the animal and to the climatic conditions of New Zealand, Australia and South America.Types of deer, previously considered autonomous, are different in length and structure of the body, the shape of horns and color details.These include red deer, red deer and elk.To the same family belong to European, Kashmiri and tugai deer.
As habitat is the forest mammal chooses taiga, subtropics, and the territory, dominated by deciduous trees.It adheres to deer fields and clearings, rich young shoots and herbs.Depending on the habitat of mature animals differ in size of the body.The edges of the height of the withers of the Siberian deer can exceed one and a half meters, and weight - the weight to reach three hundred and forty kilograms.For subspecies living in Central Asia, characterized by other factors.Withers height - no more than eighty centimeters, weight - up to one hundred kilograms.Deer - a noble and beautiful animal.His males are owners of large branched antlers.Summer color fur of cloven-hoofed animals does not have spots.
red deer going in groups.The usual structure of the herd - a female and its offspring born within a few years.Males love to spend a lot of time alone.Sometimes they form small groups.In winter, the red deer can gather in herds with more than two dozen animals.If the habitat of mammals is flat terrain, in the summer they move across the territory, changing pastures.In winter, deer are sedentary.They can only take a small movement to areas little covered with snow.The deer living in the highlands, in search of food migrate much more.
spring and early summer deer feeds primarily on grasses.In your diet it may include umbrella, bean and Asteraceae plants.In winter, deer used basal leaves and stems of perennials.Among the plants that serve as food for these animals, can distinguish oak and ash, maple and beech, aspen and linden, willow and rowan, ivy and viburnum.Deer eat their leaves, shoots and buds, bark and bite.If the food is not enough, in the diet of animals appear shoots and needles of juniper and pine trees, sometimes - spruce and fir.The majority of species of deer grazing in the morning and evening hours.In winter, due to the scarcity of feed, food takes the bulk of the day.Depending on the species, in March or April and in January or February reset their deer antlers.In their place immediately begin to develop new ones.
Gon in animals occurs in the autumn.At this time, males make loud, raucous sounds.Between them, often there are conflicts that are a show of force.Around the winning male is going to a group of two or three females.In rare cases, the number may reach twenty individuals.Pregnancy in females lasts for eight and a half months and ends with the birth of one, and in rare cases, two deer.The Cubs are a long time near the mother.
main enemy is the wolf deer.With a strong male predator can not cope.Therefore adults pursue their pack of wolves.Young animals can be attacked many other predators.Step deer while walking large.Frightened, the animal goes to the gallop, making the jump to a distance of five to six meters.Deer excellent swimmers.They are able to overcome the wide and turbulent river.Bodies of smell and hearing are well developed animals.To prevent danger, deer always keep their face into the wind when feeding commit.
