Père David's Deer

Père David’s deer (or Elaphurus davidianus), also known as the milu, is a deer that lives in the river valleys and temperate grassland areas of North-Eastern China. It has a red-tan coloured coat in the summer and a thick, grey coat in the winter. Males are larger than females and have large, branched antlers with backwards facing tines. They vary in height from 95cm to 1.2m tall at the shoulder and 1.8m to 2.16m long. Males weigh 160kg to 214kg, females weigh 145kg to 180kg.