Eld's deer

Eld's deer
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene-Present[1]
Burmese brow-antlered deer at Chester Zoo
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
Tribe: Cervini
Genus: Rucervus
Pocock, 1943
Species:
R. eldii
Binomial name
Rucervus eldii
(McClelland, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Cervus eldii (McClelland, 1842)
  • Rucervus eldii (Thomas, 1918)
  • Panolia eldi McClelland, 1842[3]
  • Panolia eldii Gray, 1850

Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii or Panolia eldii[4]), also known as the thamin or brow-antlered deer, is an Endangered species of deer endemic to South and Southeast Asia.[2] It inhabits wetlands and marshlands. It is active during the day and mates from October to the end of December. Three subspecies are recognised. All three are threatened by hunting and deforestation.

  1. ^ Suraprasit, K.; Jaegar, J.-J.; Chaimanee, Y.; Chavasseau, O.; Yamee, C.; Tian, P.; Panha, S. (2016). "The Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Khok Sung (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand): biochronological and paleobiogeographical implications". ZooKeys (613): 1–157. Bibcode:2016ZooK..613....1S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.613.8309. PMC 5027644. PMID 27667928.
  2. ^ a b c 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. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ Beavan, R.C. (1867). "Contributions towards a history of Panolia eldi; McLelland". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 36: 175.
  4. ^ Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004). Evolution and phylogeny of old world deer. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 880–895.