Schomburgk's deer, Rucervus schomburgki, known in Thai as the saman and as the birdcage-horned deer, is an extinct deer that was endemic to central Thailand. Edward Blyth described it in 1863 and named it after Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, the British consul in Bangkok. It looked much like the barasingha, with a dark brown pelt, lighter underparts and a white underside to the tail. Males carried basket-like antlers with up to 33 points, and the outer edge of the rack reached about 90 centimetres. It lived on swampy plains with long grass, cane and shrubs in the Chao Phraya River valley near Bangkok. Rice farming destroyed nearly all of its grassland and swamp, and hunting did the rest; the last captive animal was killed in 1938, and it was listed as extinct in 2006.
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Classification
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 Connections
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In Biome
Source Schomburgk's deer (Wikipedia)
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Source Schomburgk's deer (Wikipedia)Lead, range (thailand)Quote, Lead, range (thailand)
once endemic to central Thailand
Sources
1. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)Row: rucervus schomburgki, Diet columns (plant material 100%, fruit 0%, seed 0%)
5324 Rucervus schomburgki Cervidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 0 Ref_1 ABC 107626.42 Ref_58 1
Row: rucervus schomburgki, Activity columns (Nocturnal 1)
5324 Rucervus schomburgki Cervidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 0 Ref_1 ABC 107626.42 Ref_58 1
Row: rucervus schomburgki, Activity columns (Crepuscular 1)
5324 Rucervus schomburgki Cervidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 0 Ref_1 ABC 107626.42 Ref_58 1
Row: rucervus schomburgki, BodyMass-Value 107626.42 g (107.6 kg); band set by mass: medium from 1.2 kg to under 32 kg, large from 32 kg to under 1000 kg
5324 Rucervus schomburgki Cervidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 0 Ref_1 ABC 107626.42 Ref_58 1
View the Source 2. Schomburgk's deer (Wikipedia)
Lead, range (thailand)
once endemic to central Thailand
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is an extinct species of deer once endemic to central Thailand
Extinction
Intensive hunting pressure at the turn of the century restricted the species further until it became extinct.
Extinction, threats
Commercial production of rice for export began in the late-19th century in Thailand, leading to the loss of nearly all grassland and swamp areas on which this deer depended.
Habitat
inhabited swampy plains with long grass, cane, and shrubs in central Thailand
Extinction, relationship to people
This made them easy targets for hunters.
Child Taxon Of: Cervidae, Lead, family placement
is an extinct species of deer once endemic to central Thailand
In Group: Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), Lead, group placement
is an extinct species of deer once endemic to central Thailand
In Biome: Flooded Grassland and Savanna, Habitat, habitat
inhabited swampy plains with long grass, cane, and shrubs in central Thailand
View the Source3. GBIF: Rucervus schomburgki
GBIFDistributions, IUCN Red List threat statusQuote, Distributions, IUCN Red List threat status
threatStatus: EXTINCT
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