White roe deer rediscovered in the wild after nearly 40 years! Where was it found? What does it look like?

In recent years, thanks to the rise in everyone's environmental awareness and the government's vigorous efforts to improve the environment, the ecological environment has improved a great deal. And recently, a white roe deer has been rediscovered in the wild after nearly 40 years! Where was it found? What does it look like?

1. A white roe deer rediscovered in the wild after nearly 40 years! Where was it found?

According to the Daxinggou Branch of the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park, within the jurisdiction of the Daxinggou Branch of the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park, the monitoring system captured an extremely rare video of an animal on April 5, 2020. In the video, an all-white deer-family animal is foraging. After identification by relevant experts, this deer-family animal was confirmed to be a roe deer. This is the first time in nearly 40 years that a white roe deer has been rediscovered in the wild in our country.

2. What does a white roe deer look like?

The white roe deer is a rare case of albinism; apart from its body being pure white, it is the same as an ordinary roe deer in every other way. White roe deer, white deer and the like were regarded by people in ancient times as national treasures or divine creatures.

An ordinary roe deer is a small to medium-sized deer species, with a body length of 0.95-1.35 m, a shoulder height of 0.67-0.78 m, a tail length of only 2-3 cm, and a body weight of 15-30 kg; its antlers are short. The muzzle is bare and hairless, the eyes are large, there are suborbital glands, and the ears are short, broad and round, covered with hair both inside and out. The neck and the four limbs are all fairly long, the hind limbs are slightly longer than the forelimbs, the hooves are narrow and long, there are metatarsal glands, and the tail is very short, hidden within the body hair. The winter coat is a uniform grayish-white to light brown. The summer coat is reddish ochre, the ears are black, and the belly hair is white; the winter coat is yellowish-brown. The legs are tawny, the throat and belly are white; there are white patches on the rump; young roe deer have 3 longitudinal rows of white spots, which disappear when the body weight reaches about 11 kg.

3. What protection level does the roe deer have?

The roe deer has been included in China's "List of Terrestrial Wild Animals under State Protection that Are Beneficial or of Important Economic or Scientific Research Value," issued and implemented on August 1, 2000, by Order No. 7 of the State Forestry Administration. Any act of hunting roe deer is illegal, and hunting, buying, selling or eating wild roe deer is strictly prohibited. The white roe deer discovered this time is even rarer and more unusual.

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