Genus Panolia, Eld’s Deer
Eld’s Deer (Panolia eldii thamin)
The species was first described by John McClelland in 1840 based on specimens obtained in Manipur, India. It was described more detailed by Percy Eld in 1841; it was suggested to call the deer Cervus Eldii.[7] McClelland coined the scientific name Cervus (Rusa) frontals in 1843. In 1850, John Edward Gray proposed the name Panolia eldii for the deer. It has recently been proposed that it should be moved back to the genus Panolia on the basis of recent genetic findings that place it closer to Pere David's deer than to other members of the genus Rucervus.
The three subspecies of the Eld's deer are:
Rucervus eldii eldii: The Manipuri brow-antlered deer is found in Manipur, India. It is called the sangai in Meitei.
R. e. thamin: The Burmese brow-antlered deer found in Myanmar, and westernmost Thailand.
R. e. siamensis: The Thai brow-antlered deer is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, and should perhaps be treated as a separate species. The population on the Chinese island of Hainan is sometimes considered another subspecies, P. e. hainanus, but this is not supported by genetic evidence
I will treat it as Panolia for this gallery.
Thailand Eld’s Deer (Panolia eldii siamensis) - Kalasin Population, Wat Phut Ta Nimit
