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Mouse deer reintroduced into Amrabad forest, Telengana
September 14 , 2017
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- For the first time in our country, the Telengana Forest Department re-introduced the ‘mouse deer’ into the forests of Nallamalla in Amrabad Tiger Reserve. And, once they are found to have adapted to the wild vegetation, they will be released into the wild with the procedure repeated for the remaining mouse deer breed in the Nehru Zoological Park, adding to the biodiversity of the Tiger Reserve besides increasing the mouse deer population.
- Mouse Deer is also called ‘Spotted Chevrotain’, it is one of the endangered species usually found in deciduous and evergreen forests of the country.
- Earlier, The Nehru Zoological Park, in association with LaCONES and the Central Zoo Authority, Delhi, had undertaken conservation breeding programme of mouse deer in the Nehru Zoological Park in March-2010 and, after six years, the population of mouse deer has increased to 172.
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