Nature » Fauna

Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

Size: length up to 120 cm, height at shoulders 75 cm.

How long it lives: 12-13 years.

Habitat: it lives in woody areas, preferably with frequent clearings and a thick shrubby bed.

What it eats: grass, foliage, small plants.

Reproduction: July and August.

Babies: they are born at the end of spring; twin births are common.

Curiosities: it is particularly active by night: during the day it remains hidden in the wood, at twilight it feeds in clearings or in open spaces.

Remarks: it has no tail and its coat is reddish-brown in summer, greyish-brown with an evident white bottom in winter; babies have a speckled coat. Its three-point antlers fall at the beginning of the winter and grow again at the beginning of the following spring. In winter it usually forms small groups, while in the other seasons it is rather solitary; during the mating season, roe bucks mark their territory by scratching off the bark from small trees with their antlers.

In the Park: widespread at least up to 1,800 metres of altitude.