Sangai
The sangai (Meitei pronunciation: /sə.ŋai/) (Rucervus eldii eldii) is an endemic and endangered subspecies of Eld's deer found only in Manipur, India. It is also the state animal of Manipur. Its common English name is Manipur brow-antlered deer or Eld's deer. Its original natural habitat is the floating marshy grasslands of the Keibul Lamjao National Park, located in the southern parts of the Loktak Lake, which is the largest freshwater lake in South Asia.
| Sangai | |
|---|---|
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Cervinae |
| Genus: | Rucervus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | R. e. eldii |
| Trinomial name | |
| Rucervus eldii eldii (McClelland, 1842) | |
The film The Return of Sangai (Manipuri film Sangai Hallakpa ) made for the Manipur Forest Department by George Thengummoottil is about the Sangai and Keibul Lamjao National Park.
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