Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-33185350-20171123170105/@comment-33185350-20171129224531

@Ithilion: Thanks for the feedback. “Red deer” in the first quote would be the elk / red deer (whichever they were called). According to Wikipedia, in medieval times the word Hart described a male red deer of a certain age. So it would make sense to have red deer in Mirkwood as a replacement for the animals called “elk” in game. All of the quotes seem to describe the same species. The other species I mention (fallow deer, reindeer, and moose / elk) are to fill the spots of the animals already in game, or provide game animals. Also may I ask where the first quote appears? It seems to call for an extended range of red deer, not just mirkwood.

It is possible that the species that lives in Mirkwood all have the same appearance with white fawns and hinds and dark harts, but I think it’s quite possible this was an exception, as with the white animals mentioned above.