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Barasingha - Rucervus duvaucelii  
Barasingha, or swamp deer, were once distributed throughout the Indian peninsula, but today are only found in areas of central and northern India and southern Nepal.
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Barasingha - Rucervus duvaucelii
Male barasingas have very large, branching antlers.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Barasingha - Rucervus duvaucelii
Barasingas are found in marshy grasslands, floodplains and meadows.
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Bawean Deer - Axis kuhlii 
The Bawean deer is only found on Bawean Island in Indonesia.
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Black Muntjac - Muntiacus crinifrons
The black muntjac is native to China and Myanmar.
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Bornean Yellow Muntjac - Muntiacus atherodes 
The Bornean yellow muntjac is found throughout the island of Borneo.
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Calamian Deer - Axis calamianensis 
The Calamian deer is only found on the Calamian Islands, a group of islands in the Philippines.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle /High School
Calamian Deer - Axis calamianensis
The Calamian deer is sometimes known as the hog deer because when fleeing from danger it dashes through underbrush with its head down like a hog instead of jumping over barriers like other deer.
Source: Los Angeles Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Caribou - Rangifer tarandus  
Lichens make up the bulk of the caribou’s diet.
Source: Minnesota Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Caribou - Rangifer tarandus
Both male and female caribou have antlers.
Source: Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Caribou- Rangifer tarandus
Caribou are a circumpolar species. They were once found as far south as Maine!
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Chilean Guemal - Hippocamelus bisulcus 
The Chilean guemal is also known as the huemul or the Patagonian huemul. It has very short legs and its hind legs look bent!
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Chinese Water Deer - Hydropotes inermis
The Chinese water deer is found in the lower Yangtze Basin of east-central China and in Korea.
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Chinese Water Deer - Hydropotes inermis
The Chinese water deer has extra long upper canines that form tusks.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Chital - Axis axis
The chital or axis deer is native to India and Sri Lanka.
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Chital - Axis axis
The chital is a large deer with a fawn colored coat with white spots.
Source: BBC Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Eld's Deer - Rucervus eldii
Eld's deer are found in Southeast Asia.
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Eld's Deer - Rucervus eldii
Male eld's deer have lyre shaped antlers.
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Eld's Deer - Rucervus eldii
Eld's deer are found in open grassy plains, swamps and deciduous forests near of water
Source: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Elk- Cervus elaphus 
When male elk are competing for females, they will call out loudly and use their impressive antlers to clash with each other.
Source: Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Elk - Cervus elaphus
Elk, also known as red deer, were once found throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, from Europe through northern Africa, Asia, and North America.
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Elk- Cervus elaphus
The male elk's branched antlers can reach can reach over 3 feet in width.
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Fallow Deer - Dama dama
The male fallow deer has an impressive set of antlers that can reach a height of over 2 feet.
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Fallow Deer - Dama dama
Fallow deer are native to southern Europe, Asia and northern Africa. They have been introduced to locations around the world, including North America.
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Fea's Muntjac - Muntiacus feae
Fea's muntjacs are found in Thailand and southern Myanmar.
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Giant Muntjac - Muntiacus vuquangensis
The giant muntjac is found in the Annamite Mountains on the border of Vietnam and Laos.
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Gongshan Muntjac - Muntiacus gongshanensis
Gongshan muntjacs are found in Southern China, Tibet, Myanmar, and Northern Thailand.
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Hog Deer - Axis porcinus
The hog deer was once found from Pakistan to China. It is now found in isolated populations in its former range.
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Hog Deer - Axis porcinus
The hog deer is a stocky, medium-sized deer with a reddish-brown coat.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Indian Muntjac - Muntiacus muntjak
Indian muntjacs are found in southern and southeastern Asia, from Pakistan east through India and Nepal, across southeast Asia and southern China.
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Indian Muntjac - Muntiacus muntjak
The canine teeth of the male muntjac are tusks.
Source: Oakland Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary School
Indian Muntjac - Muntiacus muntjak
Indian muntjacs use their long tongues to strip leaves off trees.
Source: St. Louis Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Javan Rusa- Rusa timorensis
The Javan rusa is found on most of the islands of Southeast Asia.
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Marsh Deer - Blastocerus dichotomus 
Marsh deer are the largest native deer species in South America.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Marsh Deer - Blastocerus dichotomus
The marsh deer is found in Peru and Brazil south through northeastern Argentina.
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Moose - Alces americanus 
The moose is called the Eurasian elk in Europe.
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Moose - Alces americanus
Moose are found in the northern regions of North America, Europe, and Asia.
Source: National Geographic Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Moose - Alces americanus
Moose can move through deep snow with their long legs.
Source: Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Moose - Alces americanus
In the summer moose browse on leaves, twigs and aquatic plants. In the winter they eat twigs, shrubs and bark.
Source: Toronto Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Moose - Alces americanus
Male moose have the largest antlers of any mammal.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Moose - Alces americanus
Only male moose or “bulls” have antlers.
Source: Alaska Department of Fish and Game Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School
Moose - Alces americanus
The moose is about 7.5 feet tall at the shoulder.
Source: Enchanted Learning Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School
Mule Deer - Odocoileus hemionus
Mule deer get their name from their mule-like ears.
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Mule Deer - Odocoileus hemionus
Mule deer are found in the western half of the US and Canada. They live in a broad range of habitats including forests, deserts, and brushlands.
Source: Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Pampas Deer - Ozotoceros bezoarticus 
The pampas deer once lived throughout the natural grasslands of eastern South America. Now the distribution is restricted to local populations.
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Pere David's Deer - Elaphurus davidianus 
The Chinese name of this deer is ‘sze pu shiang' which means as ‘none of the four' because it looks like it has the neck of a camel, the hooves of a cow, the tail of a donkey, and antlers of a deer!
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Pere David's Deer - Elaphurus davidianus
Pere David's deer is native to China. It is now extinct in the wild.
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Pere David's Deer - Elaphurus davidianus
Pere David's deer was probably extinct in the wild around the end of the Han Dynasty (AD 220), but a herd was kept in the Imperial Hunting Park south of Beijing.
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Peruvian Dwarf Brocket - Mazama chunyi
The dwarf brocket is found in the Andes of southern Peru and northern Bolivia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Red Brocket- Mazama americana
The red brocket is the largest of all brocket deer.
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Red Brocket - Mazama americana
Red brockets are found from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
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Reeves' Muntjac - Muntiacus reevesi
Reeve's muntjacs are native to southeastern China and Taiwan.
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Reeves' Muntjac - Muntiacus reevesi
This small deer has a reddish coat which turns brownish-gray in winter.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Reeves' Muntjac - Muntiacus reevesi
The Reeves' muntjac gets its name from John Russell Reeves, who introduced the deer into Britain in the 1830s.
Source: Lincoln's Children's Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School
Reeves' Muntjac - Muntiacus reevesi
Reeves' muntjacs are solitary, territorial animals.
Source: St. Louis Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Sambar - Rusa unicolor
Sambars are native to India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, southern China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.
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Sambar- Rusa unicolor
The sambar deer has a coat of coarse brown fur. They are a lighter brown on their undersides.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sika Deer - Cervus nippon
Sika deer are native to Siberia; China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and parts of Vietnam. They have been introduced around the worlds, including in the US.
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Sika Deer- Cervus nippon
The sika deer has a grayish-brown coat in winter, which becomes lighter in color in summer.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sika Deer - Cervus nippon
The sika deer has a medium-sized body, a small head, and white spots.
Source: Oakland Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary School
Sika Deer - Cervus nippon
The size of sika deer varies greatly depending on the subspecies.
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South American Brown Brocket - Mazama gouazoubira
South American brown brocket is also known as the gray brocket.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
South American Brown Brocket - Mazama gouazoubira
South American brown brocket are found from southern Central America down through northern South America.
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Southern Pudu - Pudu puda
Pudus are the smallest deer species in the world.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Southern Pudu - Pudu puda
The pudu is very secretive and little is known about it in the wild.
Source: Bristol Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Southern Pudu - Pudu puda
The southern pudu is also known as the Chilean pudu.
Source: Minnesota Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Southern Pudu - Pudu puda
Males have spike antlers usually less than 4 inches long that are shed once a year.
Source: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Southern Pudu - Pudu puda
The southern pudu is the size of a small dog.
Source: Los Angeles Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Southern Pudu - Pudu puda
The southern pudu is active in the day and night.
Source: Animal Planet Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Southern Pudu - Pudu puda
The southern pudu is found in the rainforests in the temperate zones of Argentina and Chile
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Taruca - Hippocamelus antisensis
The taruca is also known as the Andean deer. it is found in Andean Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
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Tufted Deer - Elaphodus cephalophus
The tufted deer gets its name from the tuft of brown fur on its forehead.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Tufted Deer - Elaphodus cephalophus
Both male and female tufted deer can jump like cats and make barking sounds like dogs.
Source: Los Angeles Zoo Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Tufted Deer - Elaphodus cephalophus
The tufted deer is found in northeast Myanmar and southern and central China.
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Tufted Deer - Elaphodus cephalophus
Tufted deer are usually solitary, although they may travel in pairs.
Source: National Zoo Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
Visayan Spotted Deer - Rusa alfredi
Visayan spotted deer are found only on the Visayan Islands in the central Philippines.
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Visayan Spotted Deer- Rusa alfredi
Visayan spotted deer have reddish-brown fur with white spots.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Western Roe Deer - Capreolus capreolus
The western roe is reddish-brown in the summer and gray, pale brown, or black in winter.
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Western Roe Deer - Capreolus capreolus
The western roe is also known as the European roe. It is a small deer, only about 3 feet in length. Only the male has antlers.
Source: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Western Roe Deer - Capreolus capreolus
The roe deer is found throughout Europe and Asia Minor.
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White-lipped Deer - Przewalskium albirostris
White-lipped deer are native to the Tibetan Plateau region of west central China.
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White-lipped Deer - Przewalskium albirostris
The white-lipped deer gets its name from a white patch of fur around its mouth. It is also called the Thorold's deer.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
White-tailed Deer - Odocoileus virginianus
White-tailed deer feed on leaves, twigs, shoots, acorns, berries, and seeds, and they also graze on grasses and herbs
Source: Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School
White-tailed Deer- Odocoileus virginianus
Whitetail deer are found in most of southern Canada and all of the mainland United States except two or three states in the west. Their range reaches throughout Central America to Bolivia.
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Extinct 
Threatened in US 
Threatened in NH 
Endangered in US 
Endangered in NH
Breeds in NH 
Introduced
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