\[ **broader terms: [[zoology]] | [[animals]]** ] --- # Deer | *Cervidae* (Family) ## Anatomy ### Antlers [[Antlers are bony appendages; they periodically regrow from the top of permanent outgrowths on the frontal bones.]][^1] --- ## Deer in folklore ### Chinese folklore - [[white deer in folklore]] [^1]: Tomás Landete-Castillejos et al., ‘[[Landete-Castillejos et al, ‘Antlers’, 2019|Antlers: Evolution, Development, Structure, Composition, and Biomechanics of an Outstanding Type of Bone]]’, *Bone*, vol. 128 (August 2019), abstract. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2019.115046](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2019.115046).