\n The muntjac skull was photographed by Victor Talmaciu at Bodenham Lake and uploaded to the Hereford Times Camera Club.\n<\/p>\n
\n Muntjac deer, originally from China, were introduced to the UK in the early 20th century at Woburn Park, Bedfordshire.\n<\/p>\n
\n They have since spread across the country due to deliberate releases and escapes from areas such as Northamptonshire and Warwickshire.\n<\/p>\n
\n Known for their unique appearance, these small, stocky deer weigh between 9 and 18kg as adults and have a distinctive ‘hunched’ look due to their rumps being higher than their shoulders.\n<\/p>\n
\n Males, called bucks, have small antlers, while females, known as does, have a dark crown patch on their heads.\n<\/p>\n
\n Muntjac deer are also characterised by their small hoof prints, about 2.5cm long.\n<\/p>\n
\n They are russet brown for most of the year, turning a dull grey in winter.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite their non-native status, muntjac deer have become increasingly common in the UK, with their numbers and range continuing to grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The muntjac skull was photographed by Victor Talmaciu at Bodenham Lake and uploaded to the Hereford Times Camera…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-642671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}