Research Results For 'Red Deer'

WHITE HART

The white hart is a popular British pub sign, showing a white hart wearing a gold chain. The symbol was the badge of Richard II adopted from his mother, and was adopted by his courtiers and adherents. In nature, a white hart is a white stag. In Britain the native deer is the Red Deer, and the term white hart properly applies to a very rare white red deer stag, however the name is also given to any white stag over about five years of age. White deer are very rare in any popular deer species.
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CERVUS

Cervus is a genus of deer, including the British red deer (Cervus elaphus).
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DROMAEOSAURUS

Dromaeosaurus was a small dinosaur of the Cretaceous period. Remains of
Dromaeosaurus were first discovered in 1914 at Red Deer River in Canada. It was a carnivore, about 1,8 metres long, and walked on its hindlegs the foot of which was equipped with a special sharp claw.
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DYOPLOSAURUS

Dyoplosaurus was a dinosaur of the Cretaceous period. A large herbivore of the Ankylosaur family, Dyoplosaurus walked on all-fours, was about 6 metres long and had the last ten bones of the tail fused together and strengthened by tendons. At the end of the tail was a club formed of four fused together bones. Remains of Dyoplosaurus were found in Red Deer-River, Alberta, Canada at the start of the 20th century.
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HART

Hart is the name given to a male deer (a stag) of five or six years or older. The term is also applied to the stag of the red deer species (Cervus elaphus). The very rare white hart was a mystical beast in ancient British Celtic tradition, and was adopted as the badge or emblem of king Richard II.
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RED DEER

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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WAPITI

The wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is a North American deer closely allied to the red deer, but much larger and of different colour, and often mistaken for the Elk. The body is fawn coloured with the head and limbs brown. The wapiti stands 1.5 metres at the shoulder. The antlers are greatly developed, are smooth and have the surroyal tines, usually three or more in number in the adult, flattened and expanded, while the beam is markedly curved backwards.
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