Eld's Deer
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae Subfamily: Cervinae Genus: Cervus Species: C. eldii
Binomial name
Cervus eldii (M'Clelland, 1842)

The Eld's Deer (Cervus eldii), also called the Thamin or Brow-antlered Deer, is a deer indigenous to Southeast Asia. There are 3 recognised subspecies. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2016 × 1512 pixel, file size: 1. ... The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn2. ... This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species and can be found here. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... “Animalia” redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Subclasses Subclass Allotheria* Order Docodonta (extinct) Order Multituberculata (extinct) Order Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Order Triconodonta (extinct) Order Volaticotheria (extinct) Subclass Prototheria Order Monotremata Subclass Theria Infraclass Trituberculata (extinct) Infraclass Metatheria Infraclass Eutheria Mammals are a class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of... Families Suidae Hippopotamidae Tayassuidae Camelidae Tragulidae Moschidae Cervidae Giraffidae Antilocapridae Bovidae The even-toed ungulates form the mammal order Artiodactyla. ... Genera About 15 in 4 subfamilies. ... species See text. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... “Fawn” redirects here. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

• the Manipur Brow-antlered Deer Cervus eldii eldii in Manipur, India.
• the Burmese Brow-antlered Deer Cervus eldii thamin in Myanmar and Thailand.
• the Thailand Brow-antlered Deer Cervus eldii siamensis in Cambodia, China, Lao, Thailand and Viet Nam also Hainan Island.

The Manipur Brow-antlered Deer is a rare and critically endangered species of deer. It is locally known as Sangai in Manipuri. Other names include Thamin deer and Dancing deer. It is found in its last existing natural habitat at the Kaibul Lamjao National Park in Loktak Lake in Manipur. A captive breeding programme is underway at the Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata. Sangai was first discovered in Manipur in 1839.It was named cervus eldi eldi in 1844 in honour of Lt. Percy eldi -a British officer. Manipur   (Bengali: মণিপুর,Now in Meitei mayek) is a state in northeastern India making its capital in the city of Imphal. ... Not to be confused with the unrelated provinces of Henan and Hunan Hainan (海南; pinyin: Hǎinán) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located at the southern end of the country. ... The Siberian Tiger, a subspecies of tiger. ... “Fawn” redirects here. ... Manipuri or Meiteilon is the predominant language and lingua-franca in the state of Manipur, in northeastern India. ... The Keibul Lamjao National Park is a national park in the state of Manipur in India. ... Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeastern India. ... The Alipore Zoological Gardens (also informally called the Alipore Zoo, Calcutta Zoo or Kolkata Zoo) is Indias oldest formally stated zoological park (as opposed to royal and British menageries) and a big tourist attraction in Kolkata, West Bengal. ... ,   (IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly, in English contexts,  ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ...

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References

• Deer Specialist Group (1996). Cervus eldii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU A2c v2.3)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species and can be found here. ... The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...

External links

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Eld's Deer

• E-Pao.Net - Sangai : A cry in the wilderness
• ARKive - images and movies of the Eld's deer (Cervus eldii)
• http://www.greenapple.com/~jorp/amzanim/eldsdeer.htm
• http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/EndangeredSpecies/EldsDeer/
• http://www.indianwildlifeimages.com/product_display.php?cat=Sangai%20Deer