▁Gal ile e , ▁Mount ▁Car mel ▁areas ▁and ▁the ▁Brook ▁of ▁S ore k ; ▁however , ▁this ▁population ▁is ▁hy brid ized ▁with ▁D . ▁d ama . ▁The ▁population ▁of ▁Pers ian ▁fall ow ▁de er ▁has ▁become ▁well ▁established ▁in ▁Iran ▁and ▁gradually ▁growing ▁in ▁number ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁protected ▁par ks ▁and ▁zo os . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁r ar ity ▁of ▁this ▁species , ▁little ▁information ▁exists ▁on ▁their ▁behavior ▁and ▁social ▁structure ▁in ▁the ▁wild ; ▁therefore , ▁most ▁bi ological ▁information ▁comes ▁from ▁capt ive - bre d ▁or ▁re int rodu ced ▁de er , ▁which ▁may ▁not ▁present ▁an ▁accurate ▁representation ▁of ▁the ▁natural ▁population . ▁ ▁Early ▁history ▁In ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible ▁De uter onomy ▁ 1 4 : 5 , ▁the ▁Y ah m ur ▁is ▁listed ▁as ▁the ▁third ▁species ▁of ▁animal ▁that ▁may ▁be ▁e aten . ▁A ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁transl ations ▁of ▁this ▁verse , ▁and ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁species ▁in ▁it , ▁have ▁been ▁done ▁over ▁the ▁centuries , ▁yet ▁most ▁authorities ▁agree ▁with ▁the ▁Modern ▁Heb rew ▁design ation ▁of ▁the ▁Y ah m ur ▁as ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁fall ow ▁de er . ▁ ▁Studies ▁in ▁zoo ar che ology ▁have ▁shown ▁that ▁in ▁Bib lic al ▁times , ▁Pers ian ▁fall ow ▁de er ▁were ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁species ▁sacrific ed ▁at ▁Josh ua ' s ▁alt ar ▁on ▁M t . ▁E bal ▁in ▁the ▁Holy ▁Land ,