Eld's deer  (Rucervus eldii)

Eld's deer is indigenous to South and Southeast Asia, with three, geographically isolated subspecies recognised today (1) (9). The Manipur brow-antlered deer (R. e. eldii) is confined to a small population in Manipur, India; the Thailand brow-antlered deer (R. e. siamensis) is found in Cambodia, Hainan Island (China), Lao People's Democratic Republic and was also recorded in Thailand and Viet Nam, where it is now believed to be regionally extinct; the Burmese brow-antlered deer (R. e. thamin) occurs in central Myanmar and is now believed to be extinct in western Thailand (1) (10).

The Manipur brow-antlered deer (R. e. eldii) inhabits areas of floating vegetation known as “phumdi”, while the Thailand brow-antlered deer (R. e. siamensis) and the Burmese brow-antlered deer (R. e. thamin) are found in dry dipterocarp forest (11) (12), lowland valleys and plains, (avoiding dense forest and coastal areas), and occasionally seasonally flooded forest (2) (6) (11).