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Deer put on extra fat in the fall and grow a winter coat with long guard hairs for insulation. They also eat a high-fiber diet in the winter, which primarily consists of twigs and bark on trees ...
The Caspian red deer's winter coat is greyer and has a larger and more distinguished light rump-patch (like wapiti and some central Asian red deer) compared with the Western European red deer, which has more of a greyish-brown coat with a darker yellowish rump patch in the winter.
Deer undergo two moults in a year; [17] [24] for instance, in red deer the red, thin-haired summer coat is gradually replaced by the dense, greyish brown winter coat in autumn, which in turn gives way to the summer coat in the following spring. [25] Moulting is affected by the photoperiod. [26] Deer are also excellent jumpers and swimmers.
Doe in September in Peace River, Alberta, Canada; between summer and winter coats A portrait of a young female white-tailed deer. The white-tailed deer's coat is a reddish-brown in the spring and summer, and turns to a grey-brown throughout the fall and winter. The white-tailed deer can be recognized by the characteristic white underside to its ...
From a distance of 30 yards or more, hungry deer stood still and watched people interact on a farm west of Menahga, Minn. Disadvantaged this winter by deep snow and bitter cold, the deer lost ...
Roe deer in a grassland area Young roe deer Roe deer antler Moulting roe buck with freshly rubbed antlers. The roe deer is a relatively small deer, with a body length of 95–135 cm (3 ft 1 in – 4 ft 5 in) throughout its range, and a shoulder height of 63–67 cm (2 ft 1 in – 2 ft 2 in), and a weight of 15–35 kg (35–75 lb). [30]