Fallow-deer @Deuteronomy:14:5 (R.V., "Wild goat"); kjvKings:4:23
(R.V., "roebucks"). This animal, called in Hebrew _yahmur_, from
a word meaning "to be red," is regarded by some as the common
fallow-deer, the Cervus dama, which is said to be found very
generally over Western and Southern Asia. It is called "fallow"
from its pale-red or yellow colour. Some interpreters, however,
regard the name as designating the bubale, Antelope bubale, the
"wild cow" of North Africa, which is about the size of a stag,
like the hartebeest of South Africa. A species of deer has been
found at Mount Carmel which is called _yahmur_ by the Arabs. It
is said to be similar to the European roebuck.