12 Facts About Roe deer

Roe deer, known as the roe, western roe deer, or European roe, is a species of deer.

Roe deer was generally ignored until the 20th century, most 19th-century works having continued to follow Linnaeus.

Roe deer are most closely related to the water deer, and, counter-intuitively, the three species in this group, called the Capreolini, are most closely related to moose and reindeer.

Unlike most cervids, roe deer begin regrowing antlers almost immediately after they are shed.

In Flanders the Roe deer was mostly confined to the hilly regions in the east, but like in neighbouring countries the population has expanded in recent times.

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Roe deer are found in northern Iran in the Caspian region: they occur in the Hyrcanian woodlands and agricultural lands of the Alborz Mountains .

Scottish roe deer were introduced to the Lissadell Estate in County Sligo in Ireland around 1870 by Sir Henry Gore-Booth.

The Lissadell Roe deer were noted for their occasional abnormal antlers and survived in that general area for about 50 years before they died out.

Young female roe deer can begin to reproduce when they are around 6 months old.

Roe deer is a game animal of great economic value in Europe, providing large amounts of meat and earning millions of euros in sport hunting.

Roe deer are thought to have evolved from a species in the Eurasian genus Procapreolus, with some 10 species occurring from the Late Miocene to the Early Pleistocene, which moved from the east to Central Europe over the millennia, where Procapreolus cusanus occurred.

Albino roe deer were exceedingly rare in history, and they were regarded as national treasures or sacred animals in ancient times in China.