The Roe Deer is a small cervid, easily recognized by its tawny coat that becomes lighter during the summer. The lower part of the body, including the throat, abdomen and perianal region (known as the anal mirror), is white. The roe deer's tail is very short and almost invisible in the fur, although in the female there is a tuft of hair covering the vulva.
The male has small antlers, which are the antlers of cervids, with three points. These antlers fall off each year, between October and December, and then grow back starting in late winter. The antlers are made of cartilaginous substance and, once lost, are often collected by other animals, making them more difficult to find in the wild, which is more easily the case for noble deer and fallow deer.
The size of the roe varies: the body measures between 90 and 130 cm in length, while the height at the shoulder is between 55 and 77 cm. Its weight varies between 10 and 27 kg, depending on sex and environmental conditions
The specimen in question is a taxidermied crouching female individual; the object is displayed in a display case-diorama in the museum's Eco-Fauna Room.
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