Caprus capreolus

		Size: 95 to 135 cm long. Height at withers: around 60 cm for a female, 70 cm for a male. Weight: from 16 to 35 kg. Distinctive features: a roe deer barks when someone enters its territory. Though solitary in nature, it can live in small herds in farming regions.

Reproduction: the female gives birth in the spring, usually to twins. Food: roe deer eat mostly leaves but their varied menu includes: mushrooms, acorns and beechnuts.

Habitat: forests. In the Pyrenees: roe deer are spreading throughout the Pyrenees. They are thus competing against Pyrenean species such as the izard.

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