The genus name for roe deer, small European deer known for their delicate, spiral-branching antlers.
From Latin capreolus, meaning a young goat or roe deer, used in scientific nomenclature as the genus name for these animals.
Capreolus capreolus is the European roe deer, and its scientific name is literally 'goat-deer-goat-deer' because Romans used the same word for young goats and small deer!
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