The barasingha, Rucervus duvaucelii, also called the swamp deer, is a deer of the Indian subcontinent whose populations in northern and central India are fragmented, with two isolated populations in southwestern Nepal. It has been extirpated in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The name barah-singa means twelve-horned in Hindi, because the antlers of mature stags usually carry 10 to 14 tines and sometimes up to 20, more than any other Indian deer. It is a large deer, with a shoulder height of 110 to 120 centimetres, stags weighing 170 to 280 kilograms and a woolly yellowish-brown coat that turns bright rufous-brown in summer. It frequents flat or undulating grasslands, floodplains and marshes on the outskirts of forests, and it is present in Shuklaphanta and Bardiya National Parks in Nepal and in Kanha National Park in India.
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Classification
Population Trend System (Realm) ThreatsAgriculture and Aquaculture 2 ThreatsBiological Resource Use 2 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Activity Pattern Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
In Biome
Source Barasingha (Wikipedia)
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Rucervus duvaucelii (Animal Diversity Web)
Additional Source Barasingha (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, habitat
In Ecosystem
Source Barasingha (Wikipedia)
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Source Barasingha (Wikipedia)Lead, range (india)Quote, Lead, range (india)
Populations in northern and central India are fragmented, and two isolated populations occur in southwestern Nepal.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Barasingha (Wikipedia)Lead, range (nepal)Quote, Lead, range (nepal)
Populations in northern and central India are fragmented, and two isolated populations occur in southwestern Nepal.
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1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Rucervus duvaucelii (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet
Primary Diet herbivore herbivore
Key Behaviors
diurnal diurnal
Key Behaviors, activity pattern
crepuscular crepuscular
Conservation Status, CITES
CITES Appendix I
Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland
Lifespan/Longevity, wild
Average lifespan Status: wild 20 years
View the Source 2. Barasingha (Wikipedia)
Lead, range (india)
Populations in northern and central India are fragmented, and two isolated populations occur in southwestern Nepal.
Lead, range (nepal)
Populations in northern and central India are fragmented, and two isolated populations occur in southwestern Nepal.
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is a deer species distributed in the Indian subcontinent
Distribution and habitat
following unregulated hunting and conversion of large tracts of habitat into cropland
Distribution and habitat, threats
conversion of large tracts of habitat into cropland
Conservation
threatened by poaching for antlers and meat, which are sold in local markets
Conservation, Kanha population
the Kanha population had increased to several hundred individuals
Child Taxon Of: Cervidae, Lead, family placement
is a deer species distributed in the Indian subcontinent
In Group: Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), Lead, group placement
is a deer species distributed in the Indian subcontinent
In Biome: Grassland, Distribution and habitat, habitat
They frequent flat or undulating grasslands, floodplains and marshes
In Biome: Freshwater Marsh, Distribution and habitat, habitat
They frequent flat or undulating grasslands, floodplains and marshes
In Ecosystem: Freshwater ecosystem, Habitat
They frequent flat or undulating grasslands, floodplains and marshes
View the Source3. GBIF: Rucervus duvaucelii
GBIFDistributions, IUCN Red List threat statusQuote, Distributions, IUCN Red List threat status
threatStatus: VULNERABLE
4. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)Row: rucervus duvaucelii, BodyMass-Value 171223.86 g (171.2 kg); band set by mass: medium from 1.2 kg to under 32 kg, large from 32 kg to under 1000 kgQuote, Row: rucervus duvaucelii, BodyMass-Value 171223.86 g (171.2 kg); band set by mass: medium from 1.2 kg to under 32 kg, large from 32 kg to under 1000 kg
5326 Rucervus duvaucelii Cervidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Ref_29 ABC G A 1 1 1 Ref_1 ABC 171223.86 Ref_58 1
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