🐾 Western Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus · wildlife atlas entry

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The European roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ), also known as the western roe deer , chevreuil , or simply roe deer or roe , is a Eurasian species of deer. The male of the species is sometimes referred to as a roebuck . The roe deer is relatively small, reddish and grey-brown, and well-adapted to cold environments. The species is widespread in Europe, from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia and from Britain to the Caucasus and east to northern Iran and Iraq.... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Record card

Scientific name	Capreolus capreolus
Rank	species
Community observations	95,142 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Mammalia › order Artiodactyla › family Cervidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Western Roe Deer photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-02 · 10430, Gornji Kraj - Hamor, Samobor, Croatia
(c) Lovro Dujić, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Western Roe Deer photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-02 · Jurjevčani, Croatia
(c) Lovro Dujić, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Western Roe Deer photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Freising, Deutschland
(c) Julian, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Western Roe Deer photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Sárospatak, HU-BZ, HU
(c) alfoldiolga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Western Roe Deer photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-01 · Żórawina, Lower Silesia, PL
(c) Maciej Przybylski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Western Roe Deer photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Обоянский р-н, Курская обл., Россия
(c) ajlant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Western Roe Deer photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-26 · Zhytomyr, UA
(c) Олександр Гриб, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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