According to a recent report, Kashmir stag or hangul has reported one of the healthiest rutting or mating seasons in the previous autumn.
- The roars or calls made by hangul during rutting indicate that their number will cross 300 this spring, the first time in more than three decades.
- Rutting is the periodically recurring sexual excitement of mammalian species including cervids (e.g., deer, sheep, goats), elephants, and other mammals.
- The term rutting is derived from the Latin word “rugire,” meaning to roar. This phenomenon occurs in deer, goats, sheep, camels, bison, moose, elephants, and several other mammals and is particularly evident in species of the Cervidae family.
About Hangul
- Hangul is an indigenous species of deer.
- Hangul is highly shy and sensitive animal .
- It is enlisted as a critically endangered in the IUCN Red List.
- The Dachigam National Park in Jammu and Kashmir is home to hangul.
- It is the State animal of Jammu and Kashmir.
