Tarim Red Deer
Cervus hanglu
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The Kashmir stag, also called hangul, is a subspecies of Tarim red deer found in dense riverine forests in the Himalayan valleys and mountains of Northern India, specifically in the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. In the Kashmir Valley of India's Jammu and Kashmir, it is found primarily in the Dachigam National Park and in Tral Wildlife Sanctuary, where it receives protection, and elsewhere it is more at risk. In the 1940s, the population was between 3000 and 5000 individuals, but since then habitat destruction, over-grazing by domestic livestock and poaching have reduced population dramatically. Its population is now grown marginally to 323 in 2025 from 197 in 2004. It is the state animal of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the only surviving Asiatic sub-species of the Red deer family.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Cervidae
- Genus
- Cervus