Your top 5 favorite Deer

[Tigeanderson]

Here’s my list of top five deer species
1. White tailed deer
2. Black tailed deer
3. Reindeer/caribou
4. Elk/wapiti
5. Moose

honorable mentions
1. Megaloceras aka Irish elk
2. Tufted deer
3. Muntjac
4. Chital aka Axis deer
5. Barasingha .

 

[Batto]

1. Noko Shikanoko (Cervus nippon x Homo sapiens)

Synonym: Gus "Sweet Tooth"...

 

[Velas]

Not a huge fan of cervids, but there's some species that I'm quite fond of. Here's my list:

1. Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
2. Chital/Axis deer (Axis axis)
3. Wapiti (Cervus canadensis)
4. Sika deer (Cervus nippon)
5. Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak)

Some honorable mentions:
1. Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
2. Moose (Alces alces)
3. Taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis)

 

[MClaeys]

Here’s my top 5 of deer.

1. Fallow deer
2. Wapiti
3. Axis deer
4. Moose
5. Barasingha

 

[Gibbonsagainstgravity]

Here are my top 5:

1. Marsh deer (Blastoceros dichotomus)
2. Chital (Axis axis)
3. Pygmy brocket (Mazama nana)
4. Javan rusa (Rusa timorensis)
   
5. Père David’s deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

 

[merlin]

In no particular order:

• Philippine spotted deer
• Moose
• Northern pudu
• Wapiti
• Fea's muntjac

 

[merlin]

Here’s mine:

5. Philippine spotted deer (Rusa alfredi)

4. Western roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

3. Barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii)

2. Indian hog deer (Axis porcinus)

1. Noko Shikanoko (Cervus nippon x Homo sapiens)

It really is unfortunate how endangered the last mentioned species is.

 

[The_Leopard_Seal]

1. Reindeer
2. Moose
3. Roe deer
4. White tailed deer
5. Elk (or wapiti)

 

[steveroberts]

Deer ZC amicas & amicos,

1.Moose
2.Northern pudu
3.Reindeer/Caribou
4.Marsh deer
5.Philippine spotted deer

(was very very hard to choose)

Have actually never seen four of the above species personally (reindeer being the exception), only in photographs and footage of the other four.

 

[Austin the Sengi]

@steveroberts, being from Australia, where exactly did you see Reindeer?

 

[steveroberts]

@steveroberts, being from Australia, where exactly did you see Reindeer?

Oh I saw them in England in 2009. Have travelled 'abroad' a little bit, like some of us who have been lucky enough to.

 

[Daktari JG]

Pere David
Eld's
Reindeer
Tufted
Moose

tier 2
S. Pudu
Hog deer
Water deer
Red Brocket
Elk

 

[KevinB]

Père David's deer
White-lipped deer/Thorold's deer
Pudu
Tufted deer
Hog deer

 

[evilmonkey239]

In no particular order:

• Moose
• Caribou
• Sambar
• Southern pudu
• Chinese water deer

 

[GaryA]

1) Rudolf
2) Dasher
3) Dancer
4) Vixen
5) Prancer
6) Donner
7) Blitzen
8) Comet
9) Cupid
10) Bullwinkle J Moose
11) Bambi
12) No Eye Deer

 

[Kharzo]

• Tufted deer
• Père David's deer
• Indian hog deer
• Northern pudu
• Marsh deer

 

[Conor McGarry]

Here’s mine:

5. Philippine spotted deer (Rusa alfredi)

4. Western roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

3. Barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii)

2. Indian hog deer (Axis porcinus)

1. Noko Shikanoko (Cervus nippon x Homo sapiens)

OH nah wtf is #1

 

[Conor McGarry]

5.Mule Deer
4.Fallow Deer
3.Pere David's Deer
2.Axis Deer
1.Moose

 

[Tigeanderson]

Here’s my list of top five deer species
1. White tailed deer
2. Black tailed deer
3. Reindeer/caribou
4. Elk/wapiti
5. Moose

And I have seen all of these in person and all of them except for the reindeer/ caribou have been seen in the wild.

 

[Wildlife Watcher]

Here's my top five:

1. Moose
2. Caribou
3. Red Deer
4. Mule Deer
5. Common Fallow Deer