fallow or sika.?

[patdahat 41]

yesterday i spotted a yound deer in a field with 2 horses, it was a yound doe, with no other deer in the field. this deer was fawn in colour with a scatter of white spott's all over. for some reason i think it might be a fallow and my mate thinks it's a sika and the 1 evening 1 forgot the camera, form the simple discription could you help me identify this deer?

 

cheers pat..

[salclalin 240]

Sounds like a Fallow from your Description

[Toka 10]

think it may need a bit more information pat. are both species usually on the gorund? any sign of the metatarsal gland [lighter spot] on the hock of the rear leg? Sika have the appearance of having a frown a 'frown'.

 

anyway someone else may come along and correct me or be able to help...

 

atb

[patdahat 41]

to this side of the country it's mainly sika , as far as the metatarsal gland i never took any notice, like when you wouldnt know what to look for at the time.

[danw 1,748]

A fallow would have a tide line a difference in colour between the top and bottom of its flank, a sika would be light brown and spotty in its summer pelage it would have no tide line and it would have white metatarsal glands on its' hocks it would also have more rounded ears

[patdahat 41]

is this the line you are talking about??

[danw 1,748]

is this the line you are talking about??

 

Its more noticeable in this pic sika don't have the 2 tone shading its a bit more noticable in melanistic fallow

 

 

Edited September 11, 2011 by danw

[patdahat 41]

i see now that will help in the future thanks

 

cheer's pat...