Habitat
The main habitat for Eld's deer is referred to as an indaing forest and is usually dominated by the tree Dipterocarpus tuberculatus. Indaing refers to sandy, flat terrain that floods seasonally. The range of Eld's deer also includes monsoonal forest. Rucervus eldii thamin is found in a variety of habitats, ranging from dry scrub and thorn forest to open deciduous forest. There are three main types of deciduous forests in southeastern Asia: dipterocarp (indaing), dry (thandahat), and mixed (teak). All three of these receive between 100 and 200 cm of rainfall a year. (Aung, et al., 2001; Bronson, 1989; McShea, et al., 1999; McShea, et al., 2001; Prescott, 1987)
The ability of Eld's deer to obtain adequate amounts of nutrients to sustain both the bone growth and body mass of males, and the gestation and lactation needs of females, depends heavily on the types and abundances of food sources in the habitat. Rucervus eldii exhibits seasonal movements that are slightly correlated with crop cycles. They tend to wander farther from crop land during the hot-dry season, mainly because they are moving closer to existing water holes. (McShea, et al., 1999; McShea, et al., 2001; Prescott, 1987)
Habitat Regions temperate tropical terrestrial
Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland chaparral forest scrub forest
Other Habitat Features agricultural
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