Barasingha

(Rucervus duvaucelii)

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Description

The barasinga is as big as the European red deer,Cervus elaphus,but appears more massive and heavier.His thick skin looks woolly.The adult male is shoulder-high 1,35 nbsp;he weighs from 160 to 190 kg;its horns,flattened and composed of two branches,can measure from 75 cm to 1nbsp;m,they fall in February and after two-three months are complete again

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Cervidae
Genus:Rucervus
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