#0007 · 🦊 mammals

European Fallow Deer

🇳🇱 Damhert ·Dama dama

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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what is it?

The fallow deer ( Dama dama ) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. This common species is native to Europe, but has been introduced to Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, South Africa, Fernando Pó, São Tomé, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Réunion, Seychelles, Comoro Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Cyprus, Israel, Cape Verde, Lebanon, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, the Falkland Islands, and Peru. Some taxonomers include the rarer Persian fallow deer as a subspecies ( D. d....

base stats

NL sightings 755iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,557iNaturalist observations
weight 5 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 755 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #7 most seen of the mammals in NL.
20,557 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 5 kg.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.