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Eastern Swamp Deer

January 22 , 2022 1033 days 851 0
  • The population of the vulnerable eastern swamp deer, extinct elsewhere in South Asia, has dipped in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
  • Barasingha, (Cervus duvauceli), also called swamp deer, graceful deer, dolhorina belongs to the family Cervidae (order Artiodactyla).
  • Swamp Deer Stags have 10 to 14-tine antlers.
  • It explains their Hindi name, barasingha, or twelve-horned.
  • It is listed in the IUCN Red Data Book as an endangered species.

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