VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

MANIPURI DEER AND HOG DEER

Manipuri deer (Cervus eldi)

• Also called as Brow antlered deer or thamin.
• In stags, the color is dark brown or nearly black and in the hinds, the color is light fawn.
• The young are spotted.
• Coat is sparse and shaggy.
• Outline of the antlers is almost circular, which is a peculiar one.
• Nocturnal in nature.
• Raid agricultural fields also

Hog deer (Axis porcinus)

• Hog like movementsand stouter.
• Pig-like appearance and ventral sides are paler; areas inside ears and the underside of the tail are white.
• But younger are spotted. Some young stags and hinds may reveal spots particularly in summer but are not always discernible.
• White tips to individual hair materials gives the coat a speckly appearance. When running, keeps its head low down and moves without the bounding action that is so characteristic in deer