Young Sika Deer
"Oh, isn't that cute?" - This young sika deer has certainly quite a lot of "baby appeal", but it isn't a baby anymore: It's not with his mother, it's looking for food on its own. By autumn coming, it will be mature and take its part in the reproduction of the specie...
The Sika Deer, ''Cervus nippon'', also known as the Spotted Deer or the Japanese Deer, is a species of deer native to much of East Asia and introduced to various other parts of the world. Previously found from northern Vietnam in the south to the Russian Far East in the north, it is now on the brink of extinction in all areas except Japan, where the species is overabundant. Its name comes from shika , the Japanese word for "deer".
Similar species: Even-toed Ungulates
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Uploaded Mar 11, 2012. Captured Mar 10, 2012 17:29 in L461, 31832 Springe, Germany.
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