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Credit: Johann-Nikolaus Andreae

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Comments: The Fallow Deer (Dama dama)

 

Credit: Eyal Bartov

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Comments: A male Persian Fallow Deer in Mount Carmel Nature Preserve (Israel).

 

Fallow-deer (Cervus dama or Dama vulgaris). The fallow-deer is scarce in the Holy Land and found only north of Mount Thabor. If it is mentioned at all in the Bible, it is probably ranked among the deer. See § Deer.

Verses:

  • Deuteronomy 14:5
  • 1 Kings 4:23
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​f/fallow-deer.html. 2024.
 
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