He ʻohana nui ka dia i loko o nā mammals. ʻO ka manaʻo o ka inoa Latin "Cervidae" ʻo ia ʻo "antler bearer". He kuʻekuʻe ko nā dia kāne makua a pau. He ʻokoʻa ka reindeer, no ka mea, he kuʻekuʻe ko ka wahine. ʻAi nā dia a pau i nā mea kanu, ʻo ka mauʻu, nā lau, ka moss, a me nā ʻōpiopio o nā conifers.
Aia ma kahi o 50 mau ʻano dia ma ka honua. ʻO ka dia ʻulaʻula, dia fallow, dia roe, reindeer, a me ka ʻeleka no kēia ʻohana a loaʻa nō hoʻi ma ʻEulopa. Loaʻa ka dia ma Asia, a ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me ʻAmelika Hema. ʻOiai ma ʻApelika, aia hoʻokahi ʻano dia, ʻo ia ka dia Barbary. ʻO ka mea e haʻi i ka dia ma ka honua ʻōlelo Kelemānia ʻo ia ka mea ʻulaʻula, akā ʻaʻole pololei kēlā.
ʻO ka dia nui a kaumaha loa ka moose. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi loa ka pudu hema. Noho ʻo ia ma nā mauna o ʻAmelika Hema a ua like ka nui me ka ʻīlio liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi.
Pehea na kui?
ʻO nā ʻanuʻu kekahi mea o ka hōʻailona o ka dia. Hana ʻia nā ʻanuʻu me ka iwi a he mau lālā. ʻAʻole pono lākou e huikau me nā pū. No ka mea, he iwi iwi wale nō ko loko a he mau pepeiaohao ma waho, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻili make. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻohe lālā o nā pepeiaohao. He pololei a poepoe iki paha. Noho mau nā pepeiaohao no ke ola, e like me ka hana ʻana i nā bipi, nā kao, nā hipa, a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe he nui.
ʻAʻole loaʻa i nā dia ʻōpiopio. ʻAʻole nō hoʻi lākou i oʻo a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōpio. Nalo nā dia makua i ko lākou mau kui ma hope o ka male ʻana. Ua ʻoki ʻia kona hāʻawi koko. A laila make a ulu hou. Hiki ke hoʻomaka koke kēia a i ʻole i kekahi mau pule. ʻO kēlā me kēia hihia, pono e hana koke ʻia, no ka mea ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki e pono hou ka dia kāne i kā lākou mau kuʻekuʻe e hoʻokūkū i nā wahine maikaʻi loa.