A postcard from Inverclyde (Kirstie)
  • A postcard from Inverclyde (Kirstie)
  • A postcard from Inverclyde (Kirstie)
  • A postcard from Inverclyde (Kirstie)

A postcard from Inverclyde (Kirstie)

1 225Km

Date of dispatch : 2010-11-29

Country: Scotland

The Red Deer is the fourth largest deer species behind moose, elk (wapiti) and sambar deer. It is a ruminant, eating its food in two stages and having an even number of toes on each hoof, like camels, goats and cattle. European Red Deer have a relatively long tail compared to their Asian and North American relatives. There are subtle differences in appearance between the various subspecies of Red Deer primarily in size and antlers, with the smallest being the Corsican Red Deer found on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and the largest being the Caspian red deer (or maral) of Asia Minor and the Caucasus Region to the west of the Caspian Sea.