Dama dama
1 Fallow Deer at Higgins, ACT
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| Dama dama | DonFletcher | 18 May 2026 | ||
| Dama dama | jklem621 | 18 May 2026 |
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User's notes
crossing road to suburbs
5 comments
18 May 2026
Hello jklem621, you say "crossing road to suburbs". The location given is deep in the suburb. Can you please check the location an correct if necessary.
18 May 2026
Thank you @jklem621 . In spite of the limited image-quality obtainable from a dash cam at night, your record was easy for me to verify because your last image shows the more extensive white rump of a fallow deer than a sambar. (Size is hard to determine in photos and Sambar can have pale legs too, like Fallow). Dont let me distract you from responding to Michael's comment please.
19 May 2026
@MichaelBedingfield, It looks like it is crossing at the turn-off to Pegasus on Drake Brockman Drive.
19 May 2026
I see it on the map as showing well into the suburb, at the intersection of Gore St and McCabe Crescent.
20 May 2026
Hi jklem621. To correct the location, click on the Edit button. Then go to the map, use the zoom to see the map fully , and click on the location where you saw the deer. We'd like to know this, because usually the deer don't go right into the suburbs. If you can't do this then describe where the location was and I can fix it for you.
Location information
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- jklem621 Recorded by
Collections
- jklem621 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Dama dama Deer Feral hoofed introduced mammals Mammals
Species information
- Dama dama Scientific name
- Fallow Deer Common name
- Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 2081m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- Additional attributes