Fallow deer  (Dama dama)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Family Cervidae
Genus Dama (1)
Size Male weight: 46 - 94 kg (2)
Female weight: 35 - 56 kg (2)
Female shoulder height: 73 - 91cm (2)
Male shoulder height: 84 - 94 cm (2)
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Status

This widespread and locally common introduced species is increasing in numbers (3). It is protected in the UK by the Deer Act 1991 (4), and certain methods of killing or capture are prohibited under Appendix IV of the Bern Convention (5).