The Red Deer by Schleich is realistic and beautifully detailed. Schleich animals are hand painted and this deer has gorgeous brown and white details. The animals created by Schleich are a true reflection of nature on a smaller scale. This listing is Schleich item #14248

The Schleich company was founded in 1935 as a supplier to the plastic industry. The now famous Schleich figurines first came to life in the 1960's. Since the 1980's, Schleich has been crafting animal figurines as well. Now you any your family can enter the fantastic play world on a smaller scale, with animals both wild and domestic, dinosaurs, and knights.

Here is some interesting information about the Red Deer:

Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) are one of the largest species of deer in the world, after Alces alces (the moose or, in Europe, elk) and Cervus canadensis (the North American elk or wapiti). The Red Deer is the most widely distributed of deer species, inhabiting all of northern Europe and central Asia as well as the Atlas Mountains region of northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red Deer have been imported to other areas including New Zealand. In many parts of the world the meat from Red Deer is widely used as a food source.

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