Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
Fallow deer male portrait in autumn forest
The fallow deer (Dama dama) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
The male fallow deer is known as a buck, the female is a doe, and the young a fawn.
The species has great variations in the colour of their coats, with four main variants, “common”, “menil”, melanistic and leucistic – a genuine colour variety, not albinistic.
The white is the lightest coloured, almost white; common and menil are darker, and melanistic is very dark, sometimes even black (easily confused with the sika deer).
Only bucks have antlers, which are broad and shovel-shaped (palmate) from three years.
In the first two years the antler is a single spike.
They are grazing animals; their preferred habitat is mixed woodland and open grassland.
The fallow deer is a Eurasian deerthat was a native to most of Europe during the last Interglacial.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallow_deer
Fallow Deer
Silhouette
Silhouette of a Fallow Deer (Dama dama) male standing on the grass at sunset
Fallow Deer in Back-light
Fallow Deer (Dama dama) at sunset
Backlit Young Fallow Deer Buck
Fallow Deer (Dama dama) male standing in the grass at sunset
Fallow deer male portrait in autumn forest
Fallow deer male in autumn forest
Deer fight
Fallow deer male portrait in autumn forest
Backlit fallow deer male in autumn forest with beautiful light and bokeh
Backlit fallow deer female in autumn forest
Proud fallow deer buck in beech forest
Proud fallow deer buck in beech forest
Backlit fallow deer male in autumn forest with beautiful light and bokeh
Proud fallow deer buck in beech forest
Proud fallow deer buck in beech forest
Fallow Deer Male Silhouettes at Sunset
Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
Fallow Deer in Summer Mood
Fallow Deer (Dama dama) males
Newborn Fallow DeerFallow Deer (Dama dama) fawn
Portrait of a young Fallow Deer (Dama dama) buck
Fallow Deer Male
A snow-covered Fallow Deer on a Cold Winter Day
A snow-covered Fallow Deer (Dama dama) standing and foraging
Fallow Deer Silhouettes at SundownFallow Deer (Dama dama)