Roe deer
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The roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), also known as the roe, western roe deer,[3][4] or European roe deer,[3] is a species of deer. The male of the species is sometimes referred to as a roebuck. The roe is a small deer, reddish and grey-brown, and well-adapted to cold environments. The species is widespread in Europe, from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia, from Scotland to the Caucasus, and east to northern Iran and Iraq.
Species of deer
| Roe deer | |
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| Male (buck) and female (doe) roe deer | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Genus: | Capreolus |
| Species: | C. capreolus |
| Binomial name | |
| Capreolus capreolus | |
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| Range of roe deer | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cervus capreolus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
