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.
External characteristics:
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 with four forks. 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 branchlets at its end again. 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.
Living habits:
Sika deer live on the edge of forests and mountain grasslands, not in dense forests or bushes, which is conducive to fast running. There are obvious differences in habitats between day and night. During the day, people choose to live on the sunny hillside with dense grass and similar body color, so that they can find the enemy's harm earlier and escape quickly. I live in the middle or upper part of a hillside with uncertain slope direction at night, but there are still many sunny slopes, and the grass is relatively low and scarce.
Social: Under natural conditions, sika deer live in groups, ranging from a dozen to dozens. In cold winter, it is more clustered than other seasons. The sika deer herd in captivity has not changed. The leading deer in the herd often affects the actions of the whole herd. In order to avoid injury, many deer will follow the direction and route of one deer or several deer. Occasionally, some deer are raised alone because of illness or other reasons, but they are timid and restless, walking back and forth in the circle, and even don't eat or drink. Exotic deer are likely to be attacked by some of these deer. People use this gregarious nature of sika deer to domesticate, graze and control the whole herd.