"Antlered creature" is a term used to describe various animals that have antlers on their heads. These are generally male animals belonging to the deer family or cervids, such as the red deer, moose, elk, caribou or reindeer. Synonyms for the "antlered creature" would include "buck," which is often applied to male deer of any species, "stag," which generally refers to not only antlered deer, but also male elk. "Hart" and "roe" would be used to describe male and female red deer respectively. "Bull" would apply to moose, elk and caribou, while "tines" and "prongs" are also used to describe the antlers themselves.