Sika deer  (Cervus nippon)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Family Cervidae
Genus Cervus (4)
Size Male weight: 40 - 70 kg (1)
Female weight: 30 - 45 kg (1)
Male shoulder height: 70 - 95 cm (1)
Female shoulder height: 50 - 90 cm (1)
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Status

Locally common and increasing introduced species (2). Under Schedule 9, Section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it is illegal to release this species into the wild (3).