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SPECIES Rucervus eldii
Author: | M'Clelland, 1842. | Citation: | Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 2: 417, pl. 12. | Common Name: | Eld's Deer | Type Locality: | India, Assam, "the valley of Munipore" (Manipur). | Distribution: | Burma, Cambodia, China (Hainan Isl), N India (Manipur), Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam; now much reduced in numbers in several of these countries. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I as Cervus eldii; U.S. ESA – Endangered as C. eldi [sic]; IUCN – Critically Endangered as Cervus eldii eldii, Lower Risk (nt) as C. e. thamin, Data Deficient as C. e. siamensis. | Comments: | Phylogeography studies support the recognition of three subspecies (Balakrishnan et al., 2003). |
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