Chuck Ripper: Persian Fallow Deer

Artist: Chuck Ripper
1929 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1998
Image Size: 12.5 by 14.5 inches
Overall Size: 15 by 17.75 inches
Medium: Gouache on Cold Press Illustration Board

The Persian Fallow Deer is also known as the Mesopotamian Fallow Deer. Depicted in the ancient art of Mesopotamia and other early civilizations, it was used by Egyptians, Sumerians and Assyrians as a sacrificial animal in various religious practices. A small to medium-sized deer, the Persian Fallow Deer feeds near scrub forests, grazing among low shrubs and trees. In summer its rich brown coat contrasts with striking white spots. During the winter its coat turns grayish brown and the spots are almost invisible. Males are identified by flattened palmate antlers that extend into numerous tines and are shed annually. Once widely distributed over much of the Middle East and northeastern Africa, Persian Fallow Deer populations decreased and then virtually disappeared due to steady drought conditions and heavy hunting. In 1875, the animal was rediscovered in Western Persia, but by 1951 it was once again considered extinct. Then, in 1957, a small herd of about 50 animals was discovered along the Karkheh River in western Iran. Since then, Persian Fallow Deer have been protected by strict conservation laws. As a result, populations began increasing by the late 1970s. Because of disturbances in the animal's habitat during the 1980s, however, the current population status of the Persian Fallow Deer is unknown and it remains one of the rarest of all deer species.

This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover of the United Nations Endangered Species Series F.s. 0,80 Persian Fallow Deer stamp issued March 13, 1998.

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