Cervus eldii M'Clelland, 1842 . Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 2:417.

TYPE LOCALITY: India, Assam, Manipur .

DISTRIBUTION: Manipur (N India), Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan Isl (China); now much reduced in numbers or extinct in several of these countries.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered as C. e. eldii and C. e. siamensis, otherwise Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: acuticauda, acuticornis, brucei, cornipes, frontalis, hainanus, lyratus, platyceros, siamensis, thamin.