Mammal

Southern Swamp Deer

Rucervus duvaucelii branderi

Southern Swamp Deer (Rucervus duvaucelii branderi) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Madhya Pradesh · Resized

Southern Swamp Deer (Rucervus duvaucelii branderi) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Madhya Pradesh · Resized

Scientific name: Rucervus duvaucelii branderi
Family: Cervidae, order Artiodactyla
Group: Mammal

The deer of the wet grasslands, with many-pointed antlers.

Spot it Golden-brown coat and branching antlers.
Home Tall grasslands and swampy forest.
Food web Grazes grass and water plants; tigers prey on it.
Why it matters Grazing keeps wet grasslands open, and it is key prey for tigers and wild dogs.

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

IndiaDevendra Bhardwaj has 223 verified records of this species on iNaturalist in 2012, in Madhya Pradesh.^[20]

Sources

Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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