Red deer

Cervus elaphus · Cervidae

The red deer is a species of deer in the genus Cervus. It is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind.

Where the Red deer lives

Recorded in France, Switzerland, United States of America, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark, Spain, Austria, Norway and Canada (Europe and North America).

Most records fall in Colorado, California, Alberta, Midtjylland, Wyoming and Oregon.

See the Red deer’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 390,890 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.