What's the difference between sika deer and red deer?

Difference: sika deer is a medium-sized deer with plum blossom spots on its back; Red deer is a large deer with no plum blossom spots on its back. Other specific details are as follows:

1. sika deer (Cervidae mammal) sika deer (scientific name: sika deer) is a medium-sized deer, with a body length of 140- 170cm, a shoulder height of 85- 100cm and an adult weight of100-/kloc-0. Bucks have horns and are generally four-pronged. There is a dark brown topline in the center of the back. The tail is short, the back is black and the abdomen is white. Summer hair is brown and yellow, and there are bright white plum blossom spots all over the body, so it is called "sika deer". The ass is white. Living on the edge of forests or in mountainous grassland areas. Habitat changes with different seasons. Bucks usually live alone and flock when mating in estrus. In the morning and evening activities, grass and leaves are the food, and salt and alkali are licked. Each fetus has 1 baby, and the baby has white spots. Mainly distributed in China, Japanese and Russian.

It is a medium-sized deer, with a body length of 125 ~ 145 cm, a tail length of 12 ~ 13 cm and a weight of 85 ~10 kg. The head is slightly round, the face is long, the nose is exposed, the eyes are big and round, the infraorbital gland is cracked, the lacrimal gland fossa is obvious, and the ears are long and upright. The neck is very long. The limbs are slender, the main hoof is narrow and pointed, and the side hoof is small. The tail is very short.

Coat color changes with the seasons. In summer, the body hair is brown or chestnut red, and there is no fluff. There are many messy white spots on both sides of the back and the lower edge of the body, which are shaped like plum blossoms, hence the name. In winter, the body hair is smoky brown, and the white spots are not obvious, which is similar to the color of hay. The neck and the back of the ear are grayish brown, and a black back midline extends from the tip of the ear to the root of the tail. The abdomen is white, with white patches on the buttocks and black terry around it. The back of the tail is black and the belly is white.

The female beast has no horns, and the male beast has a pair of majestic real horns on his head. There are four forks in the corner. The eyebrow fork forms an obtuse angle with the trunk and protrudes forward near the base. The secondary fork is far away from the eyebrow fork and in a higher position, which is often mistaken for no secondary fork. The trunk is divided into two branches at its end. The trunk is generally bent to both sides, slightly in a semi-arc, the eyebrows cross forward and upward, and the corners of the eyes are slightly bent inward, which is very sharp.

Second, red deer (Cervidae mammal) Red deer (scientific name: Cervus elaphus) is a large deer, second only to moose, with a total of 10 subspecies. Its name is because it looks like a horse, with a dark brown body and some white spots on its back and sides. Males have horns, generally divided into 6 forks, up to 8 forks, and the second fork of antlers is close to Yumei fork. Summer hair is short, fluffy, generally reddish brown, with deep back and shallow abdomen, so it is called "red deer".

Red deer live in alpine forests or grasslands. Like to live in groups. Summer is mostly in the evening and early morning, and winter is mostly in the daytime. Good at running and swimming. Feed on all kinds of grass, leaves, twigs, bark and fruits, and like to lick salt and alkali. Estrous mating in September -65438+ 10 months, pregnant for more than 8 months, per fetus 1 offspring. Distributed in Asia, Europe, North America and North Africa.

Red deer is a large deer, with a body length of about 180 cm and a shoulder height of1130 cm. Adult males weigh about 200 kg, and females 150 kg. Due to different habitats, there are some differences in the morphology of red deer, which are divided into 24 subspecies in the world. There are about 7-9 subspecies of China red deer, most of which are endemic to China. Females are smaller than males. The head and face are long, there are infraorbital glands, and the ears are large and conical. The nose is bare, and the sides and lips are pure brown. The forehead and head are dark brown, and the cheeks are light brown. Long neck and long limbs. Big hooves and short tails.

Red deer's horns are very big, only males have them, and the bigger the individual, the bigger the horn. Female animals only have raised ridges in the corresponding parts. The male angle is generally divided into 6 or 8 forks, and individual angles can reach 9- 10 forks. The eyebrow fork is born at the base and extends obliquely forward, almost at right angles to the trunk; The trunk is long and leans backward, and the second fork is close to the eyebrow fork, which is called "fork-to-fork" because of its short distance. It is also different from the horns of sika deer and white-lipped deer. The distance between the third fork and the second fork is large, and then the trunk will be divided into 2-3 forks. The base of each branch is flat, and there are dense small protrusions and a few shallow grooves on the surface of the trunk.

In summer, hair is short, there is no fluff, and the whole body is reddish brown; The back is deep and the abdomen is shallow, so it is called "red deer"; Winter wool is thick and fluffy, and its color is gray-brown. Hip spots are large, brown, yellow ochre or white. Red deer is a subspecies of western Sichuan. It is also called "white-waisted deer" because of its black back and large yellow and white spots on its buttocks, covering the whole buttocks.

Three, about sika deer, red deer velvet Li Shizhen said in Compendium of Materia Medica that velvet antler "is good at tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, producing lean blood, replenishing marrow and strengthening bones". There are about 40 species of deer in the world, and there are 19 species in China. Sika deer and red deer are the main velvet antler in China. Sika deer are mainly produced in Jilin and Liaoning; Red deer is mainly produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Qinghai, Xinjiang and Sichuan provinces. The sika deer in the northeast is called "velvet antler", which has the best quality; The red deer harvested in the northeast is called "Ma Dongrong" with good quality; The product produced in the northwest is called "sago", and its quality is inferior.

Velvet antler refers to the young horn of sika deer or red deer that is not ossified but has fluff. The male deer of sika deer and red deer aged 8- 10 months after birth began to protrude from their foreheads, forming a long velvet base. Pilose antler bifurcates after 2 years old, and pilose antler born at 3-6 years old is better. Pilose antler is a precious medicinal material. Pilose antler contains phospholipids, glycolipids, colloids, hormones, fatty acids, amino acids, protein, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium and other components, among which amino acids account for more than half of the total components. Velvet antler is warm but not dry, which has the function of nourishing and strengthening the body, and has a good effect on strengthening the body for patients with chronic physical weakness.