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'''Deer''' are [[Wikipedia:Ungulate|ungulate]] [[Wikipedia:Mammal|mammal]]s of the [[Wikipedia:Taxonomy|taxonomic]] [[Wikipedia:Family (biology)|family]] ''[[Wikipedia:Deer|Cervidae]]''. Originally Indigenous to [[Earth]], both deer and '''deer-like creatures''' have been discovered by the [[United Nations Space Command]] on at least one [[Halo ring]]—[[Installation 07]].


An unidentified species of '''deer-like animal''' was found on the [[Halo Array|Halo ringworld]] [[Installation 07]].<ref name="HuiD">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 22''</ref>
==History==
Both deer and deer-like creatures were among those [[Conservation Measure|preserved]] by the [[Librarian]] against the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array]] in [[97,445 BCE]].<ref name="CF9">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-array-with-words '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Cannon Fodder - Array With Words'']</ref><ref name="WaypointLibrarian">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/librarian '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Librarian'']</ref> Following this destructive event deer were [[Reintroduction|reintroduced]] to [[Earth]] and both they and similar creatures were seeded upon at least one [[Halo]] ring.<ref name="HHITD1">''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref><ref name="HODTRE">''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]'', [[Halo: Outpost Discovery/The Ring Experience|The Ring Experience]]</ref> Following the discovery of [[Installation 07]] by respected scientist Doctor [[Luther Mann]] just as [[2555]] was dawning, [[Vanessa|a]] form of deer-like creature was encountered by and befriended by Mann once he had joined the [[Unified Earth Government]] [[Zeta Halo project|initiative]] concerned with studying and occupying the ring.<ref name="HHITD1"/>


==Overview==
==Anatomy, physiology, and behavior==
This species of [[List of animals|animal]], like all those found on the Halo Array, was collected and introduced to the Installation by the [[Forerunners]].<ref name="HuiD"/> Examples of this animal have been documented on Zeta Halo; it is unknown if they are found on other Installations.
The deer-like creature befriended by Doctor Mann on [[Zeta Halo]] was small and named "[[Vanessa]]" by him, despite his inability to conclusively determine its sex.<ref name="HHITD1"/> Every morning around the same time, Vanessa would show up around the same time and stare at him expectantly until he fed her with [[lettuce]], which she chowed down enthusiastically. Satisfied with the food, she would them take several steps forward so that Mann could rub her under the chin. This elicited a noise from Vanessa that sounded vaguely like the equivalent of a purr.<ref name="HHITD1"/>
 
These animals have been observed to be very docile. Physically, members of this species are small and are said to resemble [[Earth]]-native [[Wikipedia:Deer|Deer]]. These animals can make a noise that sounds vaguely like a purr. They are known to be herbivores.<ref name="HuiD"/>
 
In March [[2555]], Doctors [[Luther Mann]] and [[Henry Lamb]] encountered an individual animal of this species on Zeta Halo, which Mann befriended and named "[[Vanessa]]".<ref name="HuiD"/>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[i love bees]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''
*''[[Halo Infinite]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
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