cervine

[ sur-vahyn, -vin ]

/ ˈsɜr vaɪn, -vɪn /

resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.

of deer or the deer family.

of a deep tawny color.

Origin of cervine

1825–35; < Latin cervīnus of, pertaining to a deer, equivalent to cerv(us) deer + -īnus -ine¹

I never saw the like, except in animals of the cervine tribe.

Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 |Various
The next stage from the rusine to the cervine or elaphine type is the rucervine.

Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon |Robert A. Sterndale

cervine

/ (ˈsɜːvaɪn) /

resembling or relating to a deer

of a dark yellowish-brown colour

C19: from Latin cervīnus, from cervus a deer