Human Age to Deer Years Calculator

Cervidae are a family of ruminant cloven-hoofed mammals characterized by the antlers of the male deer. A male deer is called hart or buck and a female deer is called doe. There are about forty species in 16 genera and four subfamilies.

The two main cervid subfamilies are Cervinae (true deer), which includes the red deer and the fallow deer; and Capreolinae (false deer), which include the reindeer, roe deer, mule deer, and moose. In all species except the Chinese water deer, the males form new antlers each year that are shed in the winter.

Deer play an important role in mythology, religion and literature. Cultural expressions in which deer are a subject go back to the first cave paintings. The deer is also an important theme in heraldry. Their economic importance stems from the use of their meat, their hides to make box skin, and their antlers. Deer hunting has been a popular activity since the Middle Ages.

The males, and in the case of the reindeer also the females, wear antlers that they shed annually, probably to save energy in nutrient-poor seasons. A new antler is usually larger and more complex than the previous one. The size and complexity of antlers show the health and age of the males, thus ensuring dominance. The antlers are completely absent in the Chinese water deer, a primitive species.

Deer vary in size and weight, from the Chilean pudu, which can grow to only 38 centimeters high and 8 kilograms, to the moose, which can reach 2.3 meters high and 800 kilograms.

All deer have short-haired fur, lithe bodies with slender legs and necks, a short tail, large, set ears, and large, side-set eyes. In many cervids, the young have spotted fur, which serves as camouflage on the forest floor.

Deer are mainly found in forests and woodlands, although some species also live in open grasslands, in swamps and on tundra. They live in Europe, Asia and the Americas. The red deer is also found in Northwest Africa.

The representatives in Europe are: moose, fallow deer, roe deer, reindeer and red deer. Red deer, fallow deer and roe deer occur in the Benelux. The axis deer lives in Sri Lanka and India. The Chinese water roe deer (Hydropotes inermis, along riverbanks in China) resembles a roe deer, but without antlers and with protruding upper canines. The swamp deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) lives in Brazil and the Virginia Deer east of the Rocky Mountains. The little Chilean pudu lives in the rain forests.

Human to Deer years calculator: How old am I in deer years? A human's 1 year is equal to about 0.082 to 0.164 years of a deer's lifespan. We've created an easy-to-understand chart that shows your age by converting it to a deer's age.