| Sangai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Genus: | Rucervus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | R. e. eldii
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| Trinomial name | |
| Rucervus eldii eldii (McClelland, 1842)
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The sangai (Meitei pronunciation: /sə.ŋai/[1]) (Rucervus eldii eldii) is an endemic and endangered subspecies of Eld's deer found only in Manipur, India. It is also the state animal of Manipur.[2] Its common English name is Manipur brow-antlered deer or Eld's deer.[3] Its original natural habitat is the floating marshy grasslands of the Keibul Lamjao National Park, located in the southern parts of the Loktak Lake, which is the largest freshwater lake in South Asia.
- ^ Sharma, H. Surmangol (2006). "Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Sangai". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ "Symbols of Manipur- knowindia.gov.in". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ Gray, T.N.E.; Brook, S.M.; McShea, W.J.; Mahood, S.; Ranjitsingh, M.K.; Miyunt, A.; Hussain, S.A.; Timmins, R. (2015). "Rucervus eldii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T4265A22166803. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T4265A22166803.en.