Mammals
Sika Deer
Sika Deer
Cervus nippon
Nihonjika
Medium-sized deer widely distributed from Vietnam to the Far East. Even within Japan, has great morphological variation - there are seven subspies. One in Hokkaido, the Ezo deer(C.n.yesoensis) is large. In summer, the deers' bodies are reddish brown with white spots, changing to gray-brown in winter.
