#taruca

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Compelled by the deeramid

From top to bottom, left to right: European moose (Alces alces alces)

Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)

Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

Sambar (Rusa unicolor), Visayan spotted deer (Rusa alfredi), taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis)

Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii)

European fallow deer (Dama dama), chital (Axis axis), water deer (Hydropotes inermis), tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus)

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), red brocket (Mazama americana), Indian hog deer (Axis porcinus), southern pudu (Pudu puda), Reeves' muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)

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Taruca Hippocamelus antisensis

Observed by tucuquere, CC BY-NC

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Cervidae family, round 2: Taruca vs Wapiti

Taruca

Wapiti

Voting ended onDec 23, 2024

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Drawing Deer Species 38/50

Taruca

This South American deer has only two tines on it's antlers even fully grown, and it's location in the Andes Mountains combined with it's large fluffy body make it look similar to an alpine-enjoying antelope.

Males tend to have a distinctive black mask of pigment with a V-shape mark going down it's snout. Males also have sharp canine teeth.

Taruca enjoy high altitudes and the patchy grasses and shrubs that grow there. When they do descend from the mountains they may intermingle with the whitetail deer of Peru, but they rarely ever go lower then 4,000ft elevation.

These deer like to socialize with others but don't stick in specific herds, changing between groups as they please. These groups are not separated by sex, unlike several other deer species.

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Taruka (Hippocamelus antisensis) buck near Puina. by Mónica San-Cristóbal of Asociacion Armonia

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[inatungulates]

Taruca Hippocamelus antisensis

Observed by ziggypop74, CC BY

[identifying-deer-in-posts]

hello, i have another question about deers. do all fawns/deer babies has the white spots? or it's just several species that has them?

A majority of them do! However, a handful of species are born without spots: moose, reindeer/caribou, tarucas, huemuls, Javan rusa, marsh deer, and Calamanian hog deer. Most sambar are also solid colored at birth, except for Malayan sambar, which are born with faint spots that quickly fade.

Shiras' moose (Alces alces shirasi)

Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)

Taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis)

Huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus)

Javan rusa (Rusa timorensis)

Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Calamanian hog deer (Axis calamianensis)

Sambar (Rusa unicolor)