#common fallow deer

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The European fallow deer (Dama dama)

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Common Fallow Deer

Besides moose, Fallow deer are some of the only deer with naturally palmeated antlers (antlers that have a stretched flat section between tines, like the palm of your hand)!

Additionally, fallow deer also keep their spots into adulthood, unlike most deer! Their winter coats lack these spots, but they return in the warm season.

Fallow deer are quite ancient, and have been around since at least 420,000 BC.

In Illinois, there exists a herd of pure-white fallow deer! These deer aren't albino or leucisitic, it's just a possible natural coat color for fallow deer.

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Common fallow deer (Dama dama)

Photo by Bart van Mastrigt

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Common fallow deer (Dama dama)

Photo by Adam Botond