The red deer (Cerʋuѕ elаphus) is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or stag, and a female is called a doe.
The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran and parts of western Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains of North Africa; Letting the only living species of deer inhale Africa.
The red deer has been introduced to other areas, such as Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Peru, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. In many parts of the world, the meat (ʋenison) of red deer is used as a food source.
Red deer are ruminants, characterized as a four-armed stomach. Genetic evidence indicates that the red deer, as traditionally defined, is a group of species, rather than a single species, although exactly how the group is specified. includes remnants in dispute.
The closer and slightly larger American elk, or wapıtı, native to North America and northeast Asia, had been considered a species of red deer, but only recently. It has established itself as a distinct species.
The ancestor of all red deer (and wapıtı) originated in central Asia and resembled sika deer.
Although red deer were at one time rare in parts of Europe, they were never close to extinction.
Reintroduction and conservation efforts, such as in the United Kingdom and Portugal, have resulted in increased red deer populations, while other areas, such as North Africa, have continued to show poor regulation.
