{"id":8007,"date":"2023-04-28T11:39:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/?post_type=animal&#038;p=8007"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:42:49","slug":"white-lipped-deer","status":"publish","type":"animal","link":"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/white-lipped-deer\/","title":{"rendered":"White-lipped Deer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Taxonomy<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Phylum:&nbsp;Chordata&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;chordates&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Class:&nbsp;Mammalia&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;mammals&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order:&nbsp;Artiodactyla&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;even-toed ungulates&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Family:&nbsp;Cervidae&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;deer&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Species:&nbsp;<em>Cervus&nbsp;albirostris&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<\/em>White-lipped deer&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conservation<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"zoo-animal-details\">\n        <div class=\"born-container is-default\">\n            <div class=\"inner\">\n\n                \n                    <div class=\"item\">\n                        <div class=\"icon\">\n                            <img srcset=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iucn-vu.png 2x\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            IUCN Red List: Vulnerable                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    \n                    <div class=\"item\">\n                        <div class=\"icon\">\n                            <img srcset=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/logo-eep-1.png 2x\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            EEP (EAZA Ex-situ Programme)                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Distribution&nbsp;and habitat<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White-lipped&nbsp;deer are&nbsp;native to China.&nbsp;They&nbsp;live in high-elevation areas&nbsp;3500-5100&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea&nbsp;level and&nbsp;are often found in&nbsp;open&nbsp;habitats such as the montane grasslands and shrublands in the Eastern part of the Tibetan plateau.&nbsp;Some populations can be found further North,&nbsp;living in conifer forests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/izplatiba-baltpurna-briedis-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17950\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/izplatiba-baltpurna-briedis-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/izplatiba-baltpurna-briedis-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/izplatiba-baltpurna-briedis-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/izplatiba-baltpurna-briedis-350x175.jpg 350w, https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/izplatiba-baltpurna-briedis-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/izplatiba-baltpurna-briedis-580x290.jpg 580w, https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/izplatiba-baltpurna-briedis-1160x580.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/izplatiba-baltpurna-briedis.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Body morphology and adaptations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White-lipped deer are among the largest members of the deer family. The&nbsp;shoulder&nbsp;height&nbsp;of&nbsp;an&nbsp;adult deer&nbsp;is 1.1-1.3 meters, and they weigh&nbsp;90-220 kg.&nbsp;Males are&nbsp;generally 60%&nbsp;heavier than&nbsp;females.&nbsp;During summer, their coat is&nbsp;dark brown, but&nbsp;in winter it lightens to&nbsp;grey-brown. As their name implies, white-lipped deer&nbsp;have&nbsp;a characteristic white muzzle,&nbsp;as well as a white underside of the throat.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are unique among other deer in that they&nbsp;have&nbsp;relatively short&nbsp;legs and&nbsp;wide, rounded hooves&nbsp;similar to&nbsp;those of a cow. These&nbsp;adaptations&nbsp;help them navigate&nbsp;on steep and rugged terrain. Males have large antlers, which can weigh up to 7 kilograms.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Diet<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White-lipped deer are herbivores. They&nbsp;mainly&nbsp;graze&nbsp;on different grasses&nbsp;and sedges&nbsp;but may&nbsp;ocassionally&nbsp;feed on lichen,&nbsp;tree&nbsp;bark&nbsp;and&nbsp;leaves.&nbsp;The diet of a white-lipped deer includes at least 95&nbsp;different species&nbsp;of plants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Breeding<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the wild, male and female white-lipped deer live in separate groups up until the rut period in October. They will then form large mixed herds of up to 300 individuals. The gestation period lasts approximately 8 months, and offspring are born in May or June. Typically, only one calf is born, although occasionally two calves may be born to a single mother. The calves are well developed and can stand on their own within half an hour of birth. They are weaning for at least 10 months. After this period, young males can join other males in a separate herd, while young females remain in the herd they were born in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conservation and threats<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although white-lipped deer are protected by law\u00a0in China, they are\u00a0still\u00a0being hunted\u00a0for food\u00a0and for use in traditional Chinese medicine.\u00a0The hunting of young males for their large antlers contributes\u00a0directly\u00a0to the fragmentation of wild populations and\u00a0negatively\u00a0impacts\u00a0the species\u2019\u00a0ability to recover\u00a0in numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1951,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","inline_featured_image":false},"animal-category":[38,36,33],"animal-filter-1":[],"animal-filter-2":[],"class_list":["post-8007","animal","type-animal","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>White-lipped Deer - Zoo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/white-lipped-deer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"White-lipped Deer - Zoo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Taxonomy&nbsp; Conservation&nbsp; Distribution&nbsp;and habitat&nbsp; White-lipped&nbsp;deer are&nbsp;native to China.&nbsp;They&nbsp;live in high-elevation areas&nbsp;3500-5100&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea&nbsp;level and&nbsp;are often found in&nbsp;open&nbsp;habitats such as the montane grasslands and shrublands in the Eastern part of the Tibetan plateau.&nbsp;Some populations can be found further North,&nbsp;living in conifer forests.&nbsp; Body morphology and adaptations White-lipped deer are among the largest members of the deer family. 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