Deer stamp catalogue

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Members of the family Cervidae are called deer. They are antler ruminants found in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Deer are also found in the Netherlands and Belgium: the roe deer, the red deer and the imported fallow deer. More

Members of the family Cervidae are called deer. They are ruminants with antlers, which are shed annually. Deer are found in North and South America, Europe and Asia. The red deer is also found in North Africa, where it may have been introduced. The musk deer and dwarf deer are also found in Asia and Africa. Although they carry the word deer in their name, they are not deer. A number of species of deer can also be found in the Netherlands and Belgium. For the roe deer and the red deer, the countries belong to their natural distribution area. The fallow deer was introduced here. Deer are browsers and mainly eat leaves from shrubs and trees. They are diurnal by nature, but due to hunting, the animals appear mainly at dusk and in the evening. Deer were traditionally hunted for their meat and skin. The antlers are mainly seen as a trophy. Sometimes deer are also bred for this, as with the reindeer. The utility interest of deer has led to their images regularly appearing on postage stamps. Deer are also an important theme on postage stamps from a nature conservation perspective.

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Sambar (1894)