Roe deer is a small-sized deer, quite common in Europe. The photographs in this sheet were taken at different times of the year on the Trieste Karst. The Karst, with thickets interspersed with clearings and highlands on the prairie, is an ideal environment for its sustenance, in which it moves relatively undisturbed by many hikers. The roe deer has camouflage qualities that derive from the color of the coat and the ability to remain perfectly still in the bushes or shrubs.

By attending particular areas of the Karst at time intervals, I observed the same specimens already seen previously. I am therefore convinced that it is a sedentary animal or at least that it favors a certain areal.

The male and female have different morphological characteristics, especially in the mating period (summer) when the stage of the adult male is clearly visible and consists of three points. From October to December the male loses the stage which will grow again in the following spring. Another characteristic that distinguishes sex is the white anal mirror which has a rounded shape in the female. The coat is fawn in summer, while it takes on darker tones in winter.

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