White-lipped deer, also known as rock deer, white-nosed deer, yellow deer. Weighing more than 200 kg, with a body length of 1.55 m to 1.9 m, a shoulder height of 1.2 m to 1.45 m, and a hip height of 1.15 m to 1.35 m, its shoulders are slightly higher than its hips when standing. The ears are long and pointed. The male deer has antler horns, generally 5 forks, individual elderly males can reach 6 forks, the eyebrow branch and the secondary branch are far apart, the secondary branch is long, and the main branch is slightly flattened. The female has no horns, the end of the nose is bare, the upper and lower lips, the sides of the nose and the lower jaw are pure white all year round. The buttocks have pale yellow patches.
Elk is also known as quadround. Elk are about 200 cm long, and male elk weigh up to 250 kg with long horns. Female elk have no horns and are smaller. Because its head resembles a horse, its horns resemble a deer, its tail resembles a donkey, and its hooves resemble an ox, it is commonly known as "four unlikes". The branches are unique in that the horns are backwards, the neck and back are relatively thick, and the limbs are thick. The main hoof is wide and can be separated, there is a skin membrane between the toes, and the side hooves are well developed, which is suitable for walking in the swamp. Summer hairs are reddish brown and winter hairs are grayish brown; the first pups have orange-red coats and white spots.
Sika deer, also known as flower deer. The head is slightly rounded, the face is longer, the nasal end is bare, the eyes are large and rounded, the suborbital glands are cracked, the tear sockets are obvious, and the ears are long and erect. The neck is long. The limbs are slender, the main hooves are narrow and pointed, and the side hooves are small. The tail is shorter. There are a total of 4 branches on the horn, the brow branch and the main stem form a blunt angle, the secondary branch and the eyebrow branch are more distant and higher, and the trunk is again divided into two small branches at its end. The trunk is curved to both sides in a semi-arc shape, with the brow forks hugging forward and upward, and the corner tips bent inward.
The guinea deer is also known as the reed deer. He is stout, with short limbs and blunt and low hips. The whole body is light brown , with light brown hairs on the back and a gray belly. In summer , there are irregular gray-white spots on both sides of the back of the spine. The stag has elongated three-pronged horns, but the overall horn type is much shorter than that of the sambar deer. Female guinea deer have no horns.
Po deer is also known as the eyebrow deer, the eyebrow horn deer, the Ze deer. Medium-sized deer. It is similar in appearance to a sika deer, but has a smaller body shape and fewer flower spots. Moreover, the neck, body and limbs are more slender and appear particularly robust. The stag has horns, and the first eyebrow fork protrudes flat from the base to the anterior side, almost curved and bowed to the trunk. The coat is yellowish brown, reddish brown or tan, and the dorsal midline is blackish brown. There is a column of white spots on each side of the dorsal ridge, especially in calves, and in adult deer winter hair spots are not obvious.