Rucervus eldii M'Clelland 1842

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 669

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scientific name	Rucervus eldii M'Clelland 1842
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Rucervus eldii M'Clelland 1842 , Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 2: 417.

Type Locality: India, Assam, "the valley of Munipore" (Manipur).

Vernacular Names: Eld's Deer.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Rucervus eldii subsp. eldii M'Clelland 1842

Subspecies Rucervus eldii subsp. siamensis Lydekker 1915

Subspecies Rucervus eldii subsp. thamin Thomas 1918

Distribution: Burma, Cambodia, China (Hainan Isl), N India (Manipur), Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam; now much reduced in numbers in several of these countries.

Conservation: 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.

Discussion: Phylogeography studies support the recognition of three subspecies ( Balakrishnan et al., 2003).