Great Elk

The Caru (Gwa. "Elk") is a large brown Deer commonly found in northern Eriador and Lindon, but ranging throughout the cooler parts of northwestern Middle-earth. It is the only Deer species, save the Losrandír, in which both the males and females sport antlers.

Caru travel in huge herds of one to twenty thousand and range over vast areas of open country or broken woodlands. Feeding on grass and other tundra plants in the summer, some roam well into the Far North.