Family Cervidae

Animals in the family Cervidae on Global Animal Guide. The guide features 6 species in this family — each profile answers the most-searched questions first.

Reindeer herd migrating across snowy Arctic tundra

Vulnerable

Mammal

Reindeer

The Arctic migrator and both-sex antlered deer

Bull elk with large antlers bugling in a mountain meadow

Least Concern

Mammal

Elk

The bugling giant of North American meadows

Red deer stag with branched antlers in misty woodland

Least Concern

Mammal

Red Deer

The roaring stag of Eurasian woodlands

Mule deer buck with large ears in sagebrush country

Least Concern

Mammal

Mule Deer

The big-eared deer of western North America

White-tailed deer buck with antlers in a misty forest clearing at dawn

Least Concern

Mammal

White-tailed Deer

The Americas' most familiar deer

Bull moose with large flat antlers standing in a shallow lake surrounded by forest

Least Concern

Mammal

Moose

The largest member of the deer family