Fallow Deer

Dama dama

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassMammalia (Mammals)
OrderArtiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans)
FamilyCervidae (Deer)
GenusDama (European and Persian Fallow Deer)
SpeciesDama dama (Fallow Deer)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Plitvice Lakes National Park

1 Verified sightings at Plitvice Lakes National Park From 2019 to 2026

476 Verified sightings across all 25 parks From 2019 to 2026

🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted at dawn and dusk

About the Fallow Deer

The European fallow deer (Dama dama), also known as the common fallow deer or simply fallow deer, is a species of deer native to Eurasia. It is one of two living species of fallow deer alongside the Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica). It is historically native to Turkey and possibly the Italian Peninsula, Balkan Peninsula, and the island of Rhodes near Anatolia. During the Pleistocene it inhabited much of Europe, and has been reintroduced to its prehistoric distribution by humans. It has also been introduced to other regions in the world.

Some taxonomists include the rarer Persian fallow deer as a subspecies (D. d. mesopotamica), with both species being grouped together as the fallow deer, while others treat it as a different species (D. mesopotamica). The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) was once classified as Dama virginiana and the mule deer or black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus) as Dama hemionus; they were given a separate genus in the 19th century.

The male fallow deer is known as a buck, the female is a doe, and the young a fawn. Globally, adult bucks are 140–160 cm (55–63 in) long, 85–95 cm (33–37 in) in shoulder height, and... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Plitvice Lakes National Park

Capreolus capreolus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

LC Endemic

Cervus elaphus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~50%
2	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~40%
3	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	~30%
4	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~10%
5	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~10%
6	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	~10%
7	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~10%
8	Nahuel Huapi National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	~10%
9	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	~10%
10	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	~10%
11	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~10%
12	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	~10%
13	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	~10%
14	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
15	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
16	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
17	Plitvice Lakes National Park	🇭🇷 Croatia	Insufficient data
18	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
19	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	Insufficient data
20	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	Insufficient data
21	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	Insufficient data
22	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	Insufficient data
23	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
24	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Insufficient data
25	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data

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Fallow Deer

About the Fallow Deer

Closest Relatives at Plitvice Lakes National Park

Western Roe Deer

Red Deer

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found