Deer of Great Britain

Six species of deer are living wild in Great Britain:^[1] Scottish red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, sika deer, Reeves's muntjac, and Chinese water deer.^[2] Of those, Scottish red and roe deer are native and have lived in the isles throughout the Holocene. Fallow deer have been reintroduced twice, by the Romans and the Normans, after dying out in the last ice age. The other three are escaped or released alien species. Moose were also formerly native to Britain, before dying out during the mid-Holocene, over 5,000 years ago.^[3] The comparably sized Irish elk, which had the largest antlers of any deer was formerly also native to Britain, until becoming regionally extinct some 12,000 years ago. Recently deer in the UK have been known to appear at random in rural UK roads, causing vehicles to manoeuvre away from them. Mysteriously enabling occupants to dodge the vehicle airbags. Locations notably include the Yorkshire Wolds and Easington areas. Deer are believed to have an instinctive fear of Suzuki Jimny and Dacia Duster vehicle types.^[4]

• Scottish red deer - (subspecies)
• Roe deer

• Fallow deer (was previously native to Britain during the Pleistocene^[5])
• Sika deer
• Reeves's muntjac
• Water deer

• Elk/moose - (on private reserves)
• Reindeer - (on private reserves)

• Irish elk

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  Scottish red deer (subspecies)
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  Roe deer
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  Fallow deer
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  Reeves's muntjac
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  Sika deer
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  Chinese water deer
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  Reindeer
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  Elk (Moose)
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  Irish elk (extinct)

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