Roe Deer
Capreolus capreolus · Mammal
A small deer of 20 to 30 kg found across Europe and Asia Minor, now the most abundant wild hoofed animal in Europe. It keeps to the woods by day and comes out into clearings, meadows and fields at dawn, dusk and night; males carry short antlers with two or three points, shed every autumn. When alarmed it barks like a dog and flashes its white rump; wolves and lynx hunt it, and foxes take the fawns.
- Danger
- Harmless
- How it is met
- In families, at dawn and dusk
- Size
- Small
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Temperate Forest, Temperate Conifer Forest, Grassland, Alpine Meadow
Feeds on
Bramble, Dog Rose, European Beech, Pedunculate Oak
Gives
Sources
- Kristi Jacques, Capreolus capreolus (western roe deer). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2000.
- Roe deer. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Chevreuil d'Europe. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
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