Marsh deer

Gestation lasts 270.6 days, ranging from 255 to 271 days, and females have 1 young per litter and 1 litter per year. The IUCN Red List classifies the marsh deer as Vulnerable (VU), a threatened category, and its lifespan is given as 13.7 years.

Weight

86.7 kg – 102.5 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

13.7 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

255 days – 271 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The marsh deer is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyCervidae
6. genusBlastocerus
7. SpeciesBlastocerus dichotomus (Illiger, 1815)

Synonyms Cervus dichotomus, Cervus paludosus, Cervus palustris, Mazama furcata

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Moose

Alces alces

Cervidae

VU, Vulnerable

Reindeer

Rangifer tarandus

Cervidae

LC, Least Concern

Red deer

Cervus elaphus

Cervidae

LC, Least Concern

Roe deer

Capreolus capreolus

Cervidae

LC, Least Concern

European fallow deer

Dama dama

Cervidae

LC, Least Concern

Elk

Cervus canadensis

Cervidae

CompareMarsh deer vs MooseMarsh deer vs ReindeerMarsh deer vs Red deerMarsh deer vs Roe deer

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@misc{marsh_deer_2026,
  title = {Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marsh-deer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}