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Roe Deer(m)
Capreolus capreolus.
Head to body length: 95-135cm.
Shoulder height: male 64-67cm; female 63-67cm.
Weight: 16-35kg at birth: 1, 3 - 2,3kg.
Food: browser eating bramble, rose, herbs, young leaves of trees, conifers and meechmarst, acorns and fungi in the autumn. |
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Fallow Deer
Dama dama.
Introduced.
Ashdown Forest East Sussex.
Head to body length: 130-170cm.
Shoulder height: 85-110cm.
Weight: buck 46-80kg; doe 53-52kg; at birth mean: 4.5kg.
Food: grazers eating grasses, rushes, young leaves, acorns, beechmast and berries. |
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Red Deer (m)
Cervus elaphus.
Head to body length: 165-260cm.
Male c.200cm; female c. 180cm.
Weight: males up to 255kg; females 150kg.
These figures can vary with habitat and captive animals attain greater sizes.
Food: Tree shots, bark, grasses, sedges, heather, conifers and holly. |
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Fallow Deer Dama dama. |
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Grey Squirrel
Sciurus
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Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes.
Head to body length UK average: male 67cm, female 63cm. Weight: male 6.7 kg; female 5.4kg; at birth 100g.
The Red Fox is the most wide spread carnivore in the world, occurring throughout the entire northern hemisphere. It has also been introduced to Australia.
Food opportunistic: small mammals, birds, insects, eggs, worms, carrion, fruit, and house hold scraps. Daily food requirements around 500g (120kcal). Stores food in time of plenty.
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Roe Deer
Capreolus capreolus
Tilgate Forest West Sussex.
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Wood Mouse
Aopdemus sylvaticus. |
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Roe Deer (f)
Capreolus capreolus
Farmland near Gatwick Airport.
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