Rucervus eldii M'Clelland 1842

Rucervus eldii M'Clelland 1842, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 2: 417.

Type Locality: India, Assam, "the valley of Munipore" (Manipur).

Vernacular Names: Eld's Deer.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Rucervus eldii subsp. eldii M'Clelland 1842

Subspecies Rucervus eldii subsp. siamensis Lydekker 1915

Subspecies Rucervus eldii subsp. thamin Thomas 1918

Distribution: Burma, Cambodia, China (Hainan Isl), N India (Manipur), Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam; now much reduced in numbers in several of these countries.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I as Cervus eldii; U.S. ESA – Endangered as C. eldi [sic]; IUCN – Critically Endangered as Cervus eldii eldii, Lower Risk (nt) as C. e. thamin, Data Deficient as C. e. siamensis.

Discussion: Phylogeography studies support the recognition of three subspecies (Balakrishnan et al., 2003).