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RED DEER

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The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is Britain's largest native land mammal. The male is larger than the female, standing 120 centimetres at the shoulder, and has well developed, branching antlers which are shed each February, a new set growing in the spring, and becoming larger each season. In summer the coat appears reddish brown, but in the winter changes to grey-brown. Red deer live in single sex herds for much of the year, spending much of the day wrestling and wallowing in mud. Mating takes place during the autumn, and the annual rut is accompanied by roaring, bellowing sounds from the males.

Red deer are now restricted in the British Isles to wild terrain in southern Scotland and the Highlands, the Lake District, south-west England and Ireland.
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