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Deer |
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Muntjac or Barking deer - Distributed through
out the country-living in thick forests preferably evergreen type. | | Brow-antlered
deer or the Thamin (Dancing deer) - Manipur. |
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Kashmir Stag -North valley of Kashmir and some
adjacent valleys | | Sambar - Wooded hill districts
upto 10,000 ft in the Himalayas and southern India. |
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Cheetal or spotted deer - Forests of the base
of Himalayas upto 4,000 feet throughout the peninsula wherever there is forest
with good grazing and plentiful water. Unknown in arid zone of Punjab, large part
of the Rajasthan in eastern Assam and beyond. | | Hog
deer - The sub Himalayan Terai country from parts of Punjab extending to
Assam. Not found in Indian peninsula. |
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Indian spotted chevrotain or Mouse Deer - Forested
are of South India at an elevation upto 6,00ft. The 24o latitude is
approximately the limit of its northerly range in the peninsular region | | Musk
Deer - Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Hills of Uttar Pradesh, above
8,000 ft upto 12,000 ft in summer. |
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Swamp deer - The animal with splayed hoofs and
larger skull is found in Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Sunderbans and the other one
with smelter and well knit hoof is found in hard open ground of Madhya Pradesh. | | |
