Red Deer

The Red Deer is a large deer species native to all of Parania (excluding Kosna, Hartnett, and eastern Cheskachena), Peisybaku Mountains, and parts of Dophi. Only the stags have antlers, which start growing in the spring and are shed each year, usually at the end of winter. Antlers typically measure 71 cm (28 in) in total length and weigh 1 kg (2.2 lb), although large ones can grow to 115 cm (45 in) and weigh 5 kg (11 lb). Antlers, which are made of bone, can grow at a rate of 2.5 cm (1 in) a day. A soft covering known as velvet helps to protect newly forming antlers in the spring. European red deer antlers are distinctive in being rather straight and rugose, with the fourth and fifth tines forming a "crown" or "cup" in larger males. Any tines in excess of the fourth and fifth tines grow radially from the cup, which are generally absent in the antlers of smaller red deer. 
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Category:Animals
Category:Fauna of Parania
Category:Fauna of Pasia
Category:Fauna of Taolim