Fallow-deer

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Fallow-deer
     Deut. 14:5 (R.V., "Wild goat"); 1 Kings 4:23 (R.V., "roebucks").
     This animal, called in Hebrew _yahmur_, from a word meaning "to
     be red," is regarded by some as the common fallow-deer, the
     Cervus dama, which is said to be found very generally over
     Western and Southern Asia. It is called "fallow" from its


     pale-red or yellow colour. Some interpreters, however, regard
     the name as designating the bubale, Antelope bubale, the "wild
     cow" of North Africa, which is about the size of a stag, like
     the hartebeest of South Africa. A species of deer has been found
     at Mount Carmel which is called _yahmur_ by the Arabs. It is
     said to be similar to the European roebuck.