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In Norse mythology, four stags or harts (male red deer) eat among the branches of the world tree Yggdrasill. According to the Poetic Edda, the stags crane their necks upward to chomp at the branches. The morning dew gathers in their horns and forms the rivers of the world. Their names are given as Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór.
Pudu. The pudus (Mapudungun püdü or püdu, [4] Spanish: pudú, Spanish pronunciation: [puˈðu]) are two species of South American deer from the genus Pudu, and are the world's smallest deer. [5] The chevrotains (mouse-deer; Tragulidae) are smaller, but they are not true deer.
The reindeer is the only successfully semi-domesticated deer on a large scale in the world. Reindeer in northern Fennoscandia (northern Norway, Sweden and Finland) as well in the Kola Peninsula and Yakutia in Russia, are mostly semi-domesticated reindeer, ear-marked by their owners. Some reindeer in the area are truly domesticated, mostly used ...
Antlers are a single structure composed of bone, cartilage, fibrous tissue, skin, nerves, and blood vessels. They are generally found only on males, with the exception of reindeer/caribou. [ 1 ] Antlers are shed and regrown each year and function primarily as objects of sexual attraction and as weapons.
Herne is the Deer God in the book Fire Bringer, by David Clement-Davies; Herne the Hunter, also named as Cernunnos, is a character in Michael Scott's series of The Alchemist, the Immortal Secrets of Nicholas Flammel. In Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series, in the book Cold Days, the Erlking is referred to as "Lord Herne."
Muntiacus nigricans. The Philippine mouse-deer (Tragulus nigricans), also known as the Balabac chevrotain or pilandok (in Filipino), is a small, nocturnal ruminant, which is endemic to Balabac and nearby smaller islands (Bugsuk and Ramos) southwest of Palawan in the Philippines. The genus Tragulus means 'little goat' and the Philippine mouse ...
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Deers Ears Butte. Coordinates: 44°59′54″N 103°11′07″W. Deers Ears Butte is a summit in South Dakota, in the United States. [1] With an elevation of 3,396 feet (1,035 m), Deers Ears Butte is the 281st highest summit in the state of South Dakota. [2] Deers Ears Butte was so named on account of its outline being in the shape of erect ...