[ **up: [[Mammals]]** ] --- # Deer / Cervidae (Family) ## Anatomy ### Antlers [[2024-0726. 'Antlers are bony appendages of deer that undergo periodic regeneration from the top of permanent outgrowths (the pedicles) of the frontal bones.'|'Antlers are bony appendages of deer that undergo periodic regeneration from the top of permanent outgrowths (the pedicles) of the frontal bones.'Antlers are bony appendages of deer that undergo periodic regeneration from the top of permanent outgrowths (the pedicles) of the frontal bones.]][^1] [[2024-0726. 'Antlers grow extensionally from the tip like a plant stem.'|'Antlers grow extensionally from the tip like a plant stem.']][^2] ### Reproductive system [[The anatomy and morphometry of male deer's reproductive organs are similar to those of goats and sheep.|The anatomy and morphometry of male deer's reproductive organs are almost the same as in goats and sheep.]][^3] --- ## Deer – Folklore ### Chinese folklore - [[White deer (Chinese folklore)]] [^1]: Tomás Landete-Castillejos, et al., ‘[[Landete-Castillejos, et al. ‘Antlers_ Evolution, Development, Structure, Composition, and Biomechanics of an Outstanding Type of Bone’, 2019.|Antlers - Evolution, Development, Structure, Composition, and Biomechanics of an Outstanding Type of Bone]], *Bone*, 128 (August 2019), p. 115046. [^2]: Samejima Yuusuke and Matsuoka Hiroshige, ‘[[Samejima & Hiroshige. ‘A new viewpoint on antlers reveals the evolutionary history of deer (Cervidae, Mammalia)’, 2020.|A new viewpoint on antlers reveals the evolutionary history of deer (Cervidae, Mammalia)]]’, *Scientific Reports* 10, Article number 8910 (June 2020), p. 2. [^3]: Marlene Mesang-Nalley, et al., ‘[[Mesang-Nalley, et al. ‘Anatomy and Morphometry of Timor Deer (Cervus Timorensis) Stags Reproductive Organs’, 2008.|Anatomy and Morphometry of Timor Deer (Cervus Timorensis) Stags Reproductive Organs]]’, *Competition for Resources in a Changing World: New Drive for Rural Development* 1, (Hohenheim, 2008), abstract.