The Siberian roe deer is a medium-sized deer well-adapted to severe weather extremes of northeastern Asia. It has a long neck, large ears and large antlers. In winter the northern populations exhibit light grey colouring, but their southern counterparts are greyish brown and ochraceous. The belly is creamy and the caudal patch is white. In the summer, their coloring is reddish. Young have a spotted coat. Males are larger than females and have three-tined antlers, widely spaced and slanting upward, which are shed in the autumn or early winter and begin to regrow shortly thereafter.