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In the sangai, therefore, humans find a way of expressing their love for the nature. Socially, the sangai is the symbol of a prized possession of the state. It is believed that the name sangai (sa "animal" and ngai "in awaiting") was coined from its peculiar posture and behaviour while running. By nature, the deer, particularly the males, even ...
Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii or Panolia eldii [4]), also known as the thamin or brow-antlered deer, is an Endangered species of deer endemic to South and Southeast Asia. [2] It inhabits wetlands and marshlands. It is active during the day and mates from October to the end of December. Three subspecies are recognised.
A sangai Manipuri deer which thrives on phumdis. The life-cycle of the phumdis has generally been subject to seasonal variation. During the monsoon season when the water level is high, the phumdis float, but during the dry season, as the water level falls, the phumdis touch the lake bed and absorb nutrients from it.
As of January 2020, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 203 critically endangered mammalian species, including 31 which are tagged as possibly extinct. [1] [2] Of all evaluated mammalian species, 3.5% are listed as critically endangered. The IUCN also lists 60 mammalian subspecies as critically endangered.
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Sangai refers to: Sangai, a deer species found only in Keibul Lamjao National Park, the world's only floating national park in the Loktak lake of Manipur; Sangai Festival, an annual cultural fair organised in honour of Sangai deer; Sangai International University, an educational institution named after the eponymous deer
Rucervus is a genus of deer from India, Nepal, Indochina, and the Chinese island of Hainan.The only extant representatives, the barasingha or swamp deer (R. duvaucelii) and Eld's deer (R. eldii), are threatened by habitat loss and hunting; another species, Schomburgk’s deer (R. schomburgki), went extinct in 1938. [1]
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC) is one of the six commissions of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The Species Survival Commission, the largest of the IUCN's six commissions, is a science-driven network consisting of 9,000 volunteer experts working in more than 160 Specialist Groups, including 17 invertebrate groups, Red List Authorities, and Task Forces.