Roe deer

Gestation lasts 153 days, with up to 293 days reported, and a litter holds 1.785 young on average in the sheet's data, with up to 2 reported. The roe deer is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, which is not a threatened category.

Weight

20.5 kg – 22.5 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

17.2 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

153 days – 293 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1.79 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

13.6 months – 21.5 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.05src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The roe deer is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

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

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyCervidae
6. genusCapreolus
7. SpeciesCapreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Capreolus capreolus canus, Capreolus capreolus capreolus, Capreolus capreolus caucasicus, Capreolus capreolus italicus, Capreolus pygargus var. caucasica, Cervus capreolus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Siberian roe deer

Capreolus pygargus

Cervidae

C

Capreolus sussenbornensis

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CompareRoe deer vs Siberian roe deerRoe deer vs Capreolus sussenbornensis

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@misc{roe_deer_2026,
  title = {Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/roe-deer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}