red deer (Cervus elaphus) The fourth of these "Swimming Stags' carries seven spheres between his horns, possibly signifying the number of full moons from the spring when the artist arrived until the deer crossed the nearby Vézère River in the autumn.
Date 13 July 2014, 16:26:43
Author Bernietaylor
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swimming_stags.jpg
The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, central Asia and the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa.