🦌Barasingha
The barasingha, sometimes barasinghe, also known as the swamp deer, is a deer species distributed in the Indian subcontinent. Populations in northern and central India are fragmented, and two isolated populations occur in southwestern Nepal. It has been extirpated in Pakistan and Bangladesh, and its presence is uncertain in Bhutan.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 171 kg
- Body length
- 1.5 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 24 years
Everything we know about the Barasingha
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass171 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 170 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length1.5 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass228 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan24 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 25 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length7.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation250 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 250 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range14 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density2.71 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l171 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Barasingha yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyCervidae
- ›genusRucervus
- ›speciesRucervus duvaucelii
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyCervidae
- subfamilyCervinae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyCervidae
- subfamilyCervinae
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