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Conservation news
The swamp deer (or barasingha) Rucervus duvaucelii is categorized as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List but the conservation status of its three subspecies, including R. duvaucelii ranjitsinhi of Assam, India, has not been assessed separately. R. duvaucelii ranjitsinhi was once common in the Brahmaputra valley in Assam but its populations declined as a result of habitat loss, over-hunting, poaching and disease transmitted from cattle....