Species identification topic

My gut says elk, but honestly you can't go wrong either way.

Leoo Past wrote:

Elk or red deer ? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

in Britain this would be acceptable as a Red Deer, definitely when viewed side on.
However from the front there is less space between the antlers that give it that real red deer characteristic.

The antlers branch out further apart on a Red Deer than on an Elk / Wapiti  - they have a noticeable curve when looking head on, as if you can put a semi sphere on their forehead and the antlers will fit in nicely around that curve.

On an Elk the antlers are more angular coming from the forehead when viewed head on. More like a triangle shape 'V' as the antlers branch upward at a steeper harder angle.


I have a few of these particular models in brown and also green.
They look like plastic that imitates wood carvings.

Red deer-think its a copy of a Linoel model.I used to have this model but sadly one of the antlers broke

bmathison1972 wrote:

My gut says elk, but honestly you can't go wrong either way.

It looks like that, I still think that up close or from another angle it looks like an elk.

sunny wrote:

Leoo Past wrote:

Elk or red deer ? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

in Britain this would be acceptable as a Red Deer, definitely when viewed side on.
However from the front there is less space between the antlers that give it that real red deer characteristic.

The antlers branch out further apart on a Red Deer than on an Elk / Wapiti  - they have a noticeable curve when looking head on, as if you can put a semi sphere on their forehead and the antlers will fit in nicely around that curve.

On an Elk the antlers are more angular coming from the forehead when viewed head on. More like a triangle shape 'V' as the antlers branch upward at a steeper harder angle.


I have a few of these particular models in brown and also green.
They look like plastic that imitates wood carvings.

The truth is that between deer, sometimes I see them as similar, but from the red deer to an elk I confuse them a little but when I saw it immediately it came to me Red Deer but then I do think it's a red deer

Taos wrote:

Red deer-think its a copy of a Linoel model.I used to have this model but sadly one of the antlers broke

Thank you very much friends, you have cleared up my doubt and I am left with the red deer.

Looks a red deer due to its more uniform color. Elks often are darker in the beard and ventral area although it is not a rule. Antlers are not easy to be sure but red deer seems a betteroption.

Roger wrote:

Looks a red deer due to its more uniform color. Elks often are darker in the beard and ventral area although it is not a rule. Antlers are not easy to be sure but red deer seems a betteroption.

Yes I think that the red deer is the closest thing to the elk, thank you very much for your support to all of you.

It's a nice looking model! What brand and scale is it?

bjarki12 wrote:

It's a nice looking model! What brand and scale is it?

It has no brand, but someone had commented that it looked like a British model I think or it was another brand [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

it is 1/32nd scale, the same size as Britains models (my ones are anyway), and that seems to be same size.

I wonder if it was copied from a wood carving?
has anyone here seen this deer in wood carving form perhaps?

sunny wrote:

it is 1/32nd scale, the same size as Britains models (my ones are anyway), and that seems to be same size.

I wonder if it was copied from a wood carving?
has anyone here seen this deer in wood carving form perhaps?

Vitacup, I discovered in TAW that it is there in white, it is actually this one but I don't know if that one is marked or maybe unmarked. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I looks like the Vitacup but it is bigger, it reminds me a German brand and I think Andreas could tell

Kikimalou wrote:

I looks like the Vitacup but it is bigger, it reminds me a German brand and I think Andreas could tell

I think that if it looks slightly bigger because I don't know what set it came in, but it does have that wood carving that they mentioned.

that vitacup is the smaller one, they also have a bigger 1/32nd size in this model (if I can remember correctly). I have both but they are packed away and I can't get to them any time soon.

This is one of my favourite deer models.

sunny wrote:

that vitacup is the smaller one, they also have a bigger 1/32nd size in this model (if I can remember correctly). I have both but they are packed away and I can't get to them any time soon.

This is one of my favourite deer models.

I didn't know the brand but then the one I have is from that brand, although it is not marked by any l It is really incredible to know that there are figures like this that are, let's say, somewhat valuable or rare, not so common.

Help, please I would like to know if it is a Lemur or Martha ? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

It is the Nayab aye-ayye so it is a lemur. You can find it on TAW.

Roger wrote:

It is the Nayab aye-ayye  so it is a lemur. You can find it on TAW.

I was right that it is a lemur, but then it is an aye-aye

Leoo Past wrote:

Roger wrote:

It is the Nayab aye-ayye  so it is a lemur. You can find it on TAW.

I was right that it is a lemur, but then it is an aye-aye

Yes, the lemur species most commonly represented is the ring-tailed lemur and it is easy to see this is not one of them. It is also not easy to identify as an aye-aye because features like the middle finger are not correctly represented. We know officially it is an aye-aye since it is the mini version of this model and the large brother is marked with the species name.

Roger wrote:

Leoo Past wrote:

Roger wrote:

It is the Nayab aye-ayye  so it is a lemur. You can find it on TAW.

I was right that it is a lemur, but then it is an aye-aye

Yes, the lemur species most commonly represented is the ring-tailed lemur and it is easy to see this is not one of them. It is also not easy to identify as an aye-aye because features like the middle finger are not correctly represented. We know officially it is an aye-aye since it is the mini version of this model and the large brother is marked with the species name.

Thank you very much Roger for clearing me of this doubt, yes it is the small version of the nayab although the color looks more greyish

Any idea what species it is?[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Need help to try to identify these lizards and tortoises if possible.
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This model by K+M just has turtle marked on it-again species?
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the blue legged turtle is a such a beauty!

For the turtles there might already be a discussion, as some of them are, I think, 'knockoffs'?

The lizards, zero chances (but they look like they may be reissued CE/WM sculpts?)