Animals with Antlers

As opposed to horns – which are bony structures covered with keratin – antlers are not only made of bone but also cartilage, tissue, and skin and have blood vessels and nerves running through them. Also unlike horns, antlers are not permanent. All antlered animals shed and re-grow their antlers on an annual basis.

Antlers exist in members of the family Cervidae, i.e., deer, moose, reindeer, and elk. The only exception is the water deer, which lacks antlers entirely.

List of Different Types of Animals that have Antlers

Africa

Barbary Stag

Asia

Alashan Wapiti
Barasingha Deer
Bawean Deer
Bornean Yellow Muntjac Deer
Calamian Deer
Chital Deer
Eld’s Deer
Fea’s Muntjac Deer
Indian Hog Deer
Indian Muntjac Deer
Muntjac Deer
Pere David Deer
Persian Fallow Deer
Philippine Deer
Philippine Spotted Deer
Reaves Muntjac
Rusa Deer
Sambar Deer
Sika Deer
Tufted Deer
White Lipped Deer

Europe

European Fallow Deer
Finnish Forest Reindeer
Mountain Reindeer
Red Deer
Roe Deer
Svalbard Reindeer

North America

Alaska Moose
Barren-Ground Caribou
Black-Tailed Deer
Boreal Woodland Caribou
California Mule Deer
Cedros Island Mule Deer
Eastern Moose
Manitoban Elk
Mule Deer
Northwestern Moose
Peary Caribou
Porcupine Caribou
Rocky Mountain Elk
Roosevelt Elk
Shiras Moose
Sitka Deer
Tule Elk
White-Tailed Deer

South America

Brocket Deer
Marsh Deer
Northern Pudu Deer
Pampas Deer
South Andean Deer
Southern Pudu Deer
Taruca Deer

FAQs

1. Which animals have the largest antlers?

Moose

2. In which species do the females also have antlers?

Reindeer

3. What is the smallest animal with antlers?

Southern Pudu Deer

4. Is the size of the antler a correct indicator of an animal’s age?

No, because for an individual animal the antler size does not change much after five years.

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