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Vanishing Wetlands a Historical Perspective<\/b><\/p>\n
The swamp deer at Kanha had to adapt for its survival on the hard rugged ground and it did. It is the only sub-species (c.d.branderi)<\/i> found in India at Kanha. Also known as the hard ground barasingha due to the development of a hoof little less splayed, unlike its Northern and Eastern Cousins. The deer is an exemplary evolution miracle that saved the animal from an assured extinction. Barasingha is a grassland dweller and avoids dense forests, a graminivore that sometimes adds aquatic plants to its diet. It is an ecologically sensitive herd animal and cannot survive near human habitation with extensive instrusion. The majestic deer is the pride of Kanha National Park and denotes conservation success not the tiger mind you.\u00a0<\/p>\n