https://wildlife.blog/tags/sika-deer/Recent content in Sika Deer on Wildlife.blogHugoen-ushttps://wildlife.blog/posts/deer-nara/https://wildlife.blog/posts/deer-nara/<hr> <p><strong>Sika Deer</strong> <em>(Cervus nippon)</em></p> <p>A medium-sized deer native to East Asia, named for the Japanese word for deer — and one of the few deer species that keeps its spots into adulthood.</p> <p>Over 1,000 sika deer roam freely through Nara Park year-round, protected since 1957 as national natural treasures; they famously bow to tourists in exchange for shika senbei crackers.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sika_deer">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42165-Cervus-nippon">iNaturalist</a></p>