CharlesT wrote:Certainly a roe deer. The young are properly referred to as kids, but fawn is used too. Red and Sika deer have calves and Fallow ahd Muntjac deer, fawns. Confusing isn't it? 😁
I suppose I would just be thought of as hopelessly anthropocentric (is that the right word?) if I called them all babies. The one we saw thought husband was its Mum for a while when his shadow fell on it, but then it realised it had to hide and played dead by his feet. We thought we had better move on quickly in case she didn't come back.