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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Cervus nippon

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Cervidae

Genus

Cervus

Species

Cervus nippon

Mammalia🌿 Herbivore

Sika Deer

Cervus nippon (Sika Deer · ニホンジカ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)LC (Least Concern)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Class I endangered wildlife (Korea) (subspecies Cervus nippon hortulorum)

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Herbivore

Length · Height

0.95~1.8m · 0.64~1.09m

Mass · Top Speed

4.5~80kg · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Forests with dense understory vegetation (elevations of 0 to 1,800 m), native to East Asia

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Because it readily eats soybeans and corn, farmers regard it as a crop pest, while in China its antlers are highly prized in traditional medicine.
💡 A male's shoulder height of 1.09 m is similar to the height of a lower-grade elementary school child (Comparison).
💡 Its maximum body length of 1.8 m is about two-fifths the length of a passenger car (around 4.5 m) (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

📊 Mass & Speed Index (0–100)

⚖️ Mass Index (Blue Whale ~190 t = 100, log scale)44

Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.

#꽃사슴#Cervus nippon

📖 1. Overview

A medium-sized deer native to East Asia, called 'flower deer' in Korean because of the rows of white spots on its summer coat.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its coat ranges from chestnut to reddish olive with seven or eight rows of white spots along the back and a large white patch on the rump. Only males grow antlers, which are 30 to 66 cm long with 2 to 5 tines.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It feeds on grasses, fallen leaves, and shrub foliage, mates in September and October, and gives birth to a single fawn in May or June of the following year. A single male may mate with up to twelve females in one season.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

East Asia, including the Korean Peninsula, is its native range, and the subspecies Cervus nippon hortulorum is designated as a Class I Endangered Wildlife species in South Korea.