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Barking Deer

Description:

It has a very peculiar cry which resembles to the barking of a dog. Hence its English name. Sometime it keep on barking intermittently for long period when alarmed by a leopard or such a intruder. Its food consist of grasses and leaves.

Habitat:

Udawatta Kele Sanctuary

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3 Comments

Ingrid3
Ingrid3 9 years ago

Beautiful creature! This is such a nice picture including the habitat.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 9 years ago

Thanks Maria!

Maria dB
Maria dB 9 years ago

An interesting deer - nice spotting!

NuwanChathuranga
Spotted by
NuwanChathuranga

Kandy CP, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Feb 9, 2015
Submitted on Feb 9, 2015

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