Capreolus capreolus - #1232
Western Roe Deer
Side view of 3-day-old neonate, with spots. Also as European Roe Deer.
Geographic Distribution
Europe (excluding Corsica, Ireland, Sardinia, and Sicily) to W Russia and Ukraine, Turkey, Caucasus region, NW Syria, N Iraq, N Iran; extinct in Lebanon and Israel; Protoneolithic record from Jordan (Jericho).
Order/Family
Cervidae
Genus
Capreolus
Specific Epithet
capreolus
Image Location
Czech Republic, Plzen or South Bohemia, Sumava Mountains
Image Date
1993
Photographer
M Andera