What Animal Lives Where

Where has the European roe deer been recorded?

Capreolus capreolus occurrence evidence comes from 143,796 records in 40 countries and territories, from 1805 to 2026. Most records come from Belgium.

European roe deer
European roe deer — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
MammaliaArtiodactylaCervidaeCapreolus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

143,796 records across 40 countries and territories, 1805–2026.

Capreolus capreolus · GBIF taxon key 5220126

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18052026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where European roe deer has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for European roe deer. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Belgium 60,433
Sweden 54,579
Luxembourg 14,564
Germany 5,968
Spain 3,895
United Kingdom 1,716
Austria 1,139
France 349
Switzerland 157
Denmark 134
Italy 109
Netherlands 105
Czechia 99
Romania 99
Poland 87
Finland 65
Norway 58
Estonia 44
Montenegro 31
Ukraine 28
Andorra 24
Belarus 19
Russia 16
China 14
Hungary 14
Bosnia & Herzegovina 11
Slovakia 9
Lithuania 6
Slovenia 6
Bulgaria 5
Iraq 2
Liechtenstein 2
Armenia 1
Georgia 1
Greece 1
Croatia 1
Iran 1
Latvia 1
Portugal 1
Serbia 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.