Slope deer
Chinese alias: Deer of eyebrow branchwooden fork, eyebrow horn deer, lustre deer
Latin formal name: Cervus Eldii Hainanus
English name: Eld's Deer, thamin

Classification:
Occasionally hoof eye Artiodactyla
Lu Ke Cervidae
Lu Yake Mervinae
The deer belongs to Cervus

Endangered information:
CITES appendix I
IUCN: Be in severe danger
Red Data Book of Chinese endangered animal: Be in severe danger
National emphasis protects wild animal grade: 1 class

Appearance feature
Slope deer is medium-sized deer kind. Appearance and sika are similar, but bodily form is lesser, piebald less. And neck, body and limb are more long and thin, appear strong and vigorous all the more. Hart has part, the first eyebrow is forked from base forward side makes the same score the ministry extend, become curved segment of a circle almost with trunk. Wool is fizzled out Gong Zong or palm, palm are Brown, back central line is black Brown. Two side have the back of the human body each stain of a white, the stain of young deer particularly apparent, stain of wool of grown deer winter is not apparent. Average body length is controlled for 160 centimeters, shoulder height 104-110 centimeter, weight 60-100 kilogram. Bodily form is long and narrow, cervical with limb relatively long and thin also, back mane is not apparent, advocate hoof is narrow and pointed, side hoof is small. There is horn on the head of female, the appearance of the horn on male animal head is very special, have a bigger eyebrow branchwooden fork, grow ahead, next a little upsweep, and trunk criterion first backward, bend again next up, forward extend. Below trunk not bifurcate, look seem to do not have second fork, trident, it is biforked position actually taller, grew trunk go up upright. Trunk and eyebrow branchwooden fork rise one after another, form the arc of an old point of view, show curved Gong Zhuang almost, end is born on have 3-6 accident is differ, pointed fine small needle, this kind of horn mix with sika apparently other deer kind different. Horny length is 100 centimeters of above about, thick 12-13 centimeter, horny pointed apart 78 centimeters of above, eyebrow branchwooden fork is very long also, can amount to 45 centimeters. Body hair is commonly auburn to cinnamon, back color is deeper, in the center of the back by cervical to the tail base the black Brown backbone that the ministry has a vertical travel carries grain, carry grain two side are adorning white to spend form stain, every stain is like the size like copper cash, span is controlled for 3 centimeters, there also is spot of a few white in hip in addition. What the hair color of male animal compares female is deep, be in especially oestrus is copulatory and seasonal, appear more rich and gaudy. Arrived at the beginning of Qiu Modong, change all over grow and thick wintry hair, white stain also come out, disappear almost completely, arrive all the time immediately following in time year of spring, these stain just are shown gradually again. Body side and limb outboard body color is lighter, abdomen and limb inside are hoar. Face ministry and auditive the reverse side are cinnamon, ear predestined relationship contains black, white is inside ear. The reverse side of the tail is Li Zong color, n is white or ecru.
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