The population of the vulnerable eastern swamp deer has decreased from 907 individuals in 2018 to 868 in January 2022 in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
- Officials attributed the decrease to two high floods in 2019 and 2020.
About Eastern Swamp Deer
- The eastern swamp deer is endemic to Kaziranga.
- The species was once concentrated in the central Kohora and Bagori ranges of Kaziranga but now the population has moved to other areas such as Orang National Park and Laokhowa-Burachapori wildlife sanctuaries.
- It is extinct elsewhere in South Asia.
- It is not the primary prey of the park’s carnivores, primarily the tiger. Itts population is crucial for the ecological health of the tiger reserve.
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