Eld's deer
| Eld's deer Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene-Present | |
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| Burmese brow-antlered deer at Chester Zoo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Tribe: | Cervini |
| Genus: | Rucervus Pocock, 1943 |
| Species: | R. eldii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rucervus eldii (McClelland, 1842) | |
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Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii or Panolia eldii), also known as the thamin or brow-antlered deer, is an Endangered species of deer endemic to South and Southeast Asia. It inhabits wetlands and marshlands. It is active during the day and mates from October to the end of December. Three subspecies are recognised. All three are threatened by hunting and deforestation.