Red Deer
Cervus elaphus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderArtiodactyla (Artiodàctils)
- FamilyCervidae (Cèrvids)
- GenusCervus (Typical Old World Deer and Elk)
- SpeciesCervus elaphus (Red Deer)
Closest Relatives at Mercantour National Park
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Red Deer in Mercantour National Park?
About 58% of visitor-days record a Red Deer sighting in Mercantour National Park, based on 157 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Red Deer in Mercantour National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Red Deer in Mercantour National Park in our monthly data.