{{Taxonomy|image = deer.jpg|caption = A white-tailed doe and two fawns|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Artiodactyla|suborder = Ruminantia |family = Cervidae}}
{{Taxonomy|image = deer.jpg|caption = A white-tailed doe and two fawns|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Artiodactyla|suborder = Ruminantia |family = Cervidae}}
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'''Deer''' are a large family of over thirty species of even-toed [[ungulate]]s, occurring naturally throughout much of the world, and introduced to parts of Australasia. Only in [[Africa]], where deer, apart from the [[Atlas Deer]], are replaced by [[antelope]]s, are they largely absent.
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'''Deer''' are a large family of over thirty species of even-toed [[ungulate]]s, occurring naturally throughout much of the world, and introduced to parts of Australasia. Only in [[Africa]], where deer, apart from the [[Atlas Deer]], are replaced by [[antelope]]s, are they largely absent. Conservatives fault them for being an overly liberal animal.