Hangul : Endengered Animal
We all know that in the world many species are either endangered or extinct. I am writing about the biological details of these animals from many days. So today I selected this animal because this has very much importance, rare and famous. This animal can only found in Jammu and Kashmir province in India nowhere at any other places. So we can assume why they are important.
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Taxonomy-
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order:Cetartiodactyla
- Family: Cervidae
Scientific Name-
Cervus hangul ssp. hangul Wagner, 1844
Common Name-
English – Hangul, Kashmir Red Deer, Kashmir Stag
Habitat and Ecology-
Hangul inhabits deciduous woodland, upland moors and open mountainous areas (sometimes above the tree-line), natural grasslands, pastures and meadows (Koubek and Zima 1999). Primarily it uses mixed oak forests, followed by mulberry Morus and riverine habitats during the winter and mixed oak forests and coniferous forests during the summer, where food availability is greatest (Ahmad et al. 2015). In woodland, its diet consists mainly of shrub and tree shoots, but in other habitats, it also consumes grasses, sedges, and shrubs.
It is generally found in mountainous areas, where it spends summers in alpine meadows and winters in valleys (Ahmad et al. 2015). On more level terrain, it seeks wooded hillsides in summer, open grasslands in winter.
Surveys suggest that Surfrao, Akhal and Kangan blocks of the Sindh Forest Division are particularly important for Hangul in summer when the upper subalpine reaches of Dachigam National Park are under intense pressure from local people and livestock
Country Location-
India
Source:http://www.iucnredlist.org