Male red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. from the book '  Animal portraiture ' by Richard Lydekker, and illustrated by Wilhelm Kuhnert, Published in London by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1912