Barasingha (Cervus duvaucelii)

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Range

Previously found throughout the drainage basins of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers, the barasingha is today restricted to southern Nepal and northern India. Three subspecies are recognised: the wetland barasingha (Cervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) in India and Nepal, the upland barasingha (C. d. branderi) restricted to a single population in Madhya Pardesh, India; and C. d. ranjitsinhi found in only a single population in Assam, northeast India (5).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Primarily found in the tall grasslands and reed beds of large river floodplains, the barasingha is also associated with wooded areas, from dry deciduous forest to mangroves (5).