Sangai

Sangai
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Cervinae
Genus:	Rucervus
Species:	R. eldii
Subspecies:	R. e. eldii
Trinomial name
Rucervus eldii eldii (McClelland, 1842)

The sangai is an endemic and endangered subspecies of the brow-antlered deer. It is found only in the Keibul Lamjao National Park of Manipur. It is often called the "dancing deer" in everyday speech.^[2][3]

1. ↑ "Rucervus eldii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T4265A22166803. 2015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T4265A22166803.en. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
2. ↑ "Eld's Deer Facts | Thamin Deer (Panolia eldii) Information |". World Deer. 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
3. ↑ "Brow Antlered Deer - Brow Antlered Deer Information, Indian Sangai Deer, Eld's Deer of India". www.iloveindia.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.