Yirmiyahu Hanavi (Jeremiah the prophet) calls The Land of Israel
"tzvi": (Jer. 3:19) וְאֶתֶּן-לָךְ אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָּה, נַחֲלַת צְבִי
I give thee a pleasant land, the goodliest (tzvi) heritage...
Since the word tzvi also means a deer, the gemara asks (Kesubos
112a): R. Hisda stated: What [was meant] by the Scriptural text,
I give thee a pleasant land, the heritage of the deer? Why was
the Land of Israel compared to a deer? — To tell you that as the
skin of a deer cannot contain its flesh so cannot the Land of
Israel contain its produce. Another explanation: As the deer is
the swiftest among the animals so is the Land of Israel the
swiftest of all lands in the ripening of its fruit.