#eld's deer

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Strange deer found in an old journal.

(Clearer version under the cut + the species they're based on)

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Cervidae family, round 2: Eld's Deer vs European Fallow Deer

Eld's Deer

European Fallow Deer

Voting ended onDec 23, 2024

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Cervidae family, round 1: Eastern Roe Deer vs Eld's Deer

Eastern Roe Deer

Eld's Deer

Voting ended onDec 15, 2024

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Drawing Deer Species 5/50

Eld's Deer

Eld's deer seek out areas that have been recently scorched by a forest fire, to look for fresh grasses that begin to grow in when an affected area is in recovery.

Their antlers are notably far-back reaching, making a sleigh-like shape from the side. The front portions give them the alternative name "brow-antlered deer".

Less than 3,000 individuals exist in the wild, with one subspecies reported to have less than 50.

Sangai, the subspecies with one of the lowest populations remaining, symbolizes the connection of humans to nature in folklore of the Manipuris people, and as thus to kill one is forbidden.

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Eld's deer By: W. S. Berridge From: The Book of the Animal Kingdom 1910

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Eld's deer By: P. Kothe From: Brehms Tierleben 1922

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Brow-antlered deer from Wildlife in Danger. Written by James Fisher. 1969. Illustration by Maurice Wilson.

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The Red Book: Wildlife in Danger. Written by James Fisher. Illustration by Maurice Wilson. 1969.