Wildlife

Nature quest: Gems of the forest

Photo: Habibur Rahman

The axis deer, chittra horin in Bangla, is one of the more precious belongings of the Sundarbans. This herd was seen wandering outside of the mangrove forest to eat grass under the open sky.

Sporadically occurring in forested areas in the Indian peninsula, the axis deer's natural range includes India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Its population is abundant in the Sundarbans but it is locally extinct in central and north-eastern Bangladesh. Axis deer are gregarious animals and form matriarchal herds headed by adult females.

Photo: Habibur Rahman

Though the IUCN listed axis deer as "Least Concern", its population has decreased in some areas due to hunting and deforestation. In Bangladesh, it is protected under the Wildlife (Preservation) (Amendment) Act, 1974, of Bangladesh -- this has positively impacted its global conservation status.

Comments

Nature quest: Gems of the forest

Photo: Habibur Rahman

The axis deer, chittra horin in Bangla, is one of the more precious belongings of the Sundarbans. This herd was seen wandering outside of the mangrove forest to eat grass under the open sky.

Sporadically occurring in forested areas in the Indian peninsula, the axis deer's natural range includes India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Its population is abundant in the Sundarbans but it is locally extinct in central and north-eastern Bangladesh. Axis deer are gregarious animals and form matriarchal herds headed by adult females.

Photo: Habibur Rahman

Though the IUCN listed axis deer as "Least Concern", its population has decreased in some areas due to hunting and deforestation. In Bangladesh, it is protected under the Wildlife (Preservation) (Amendment) Act, 1974, of Bangladesh -- this has positively impacted its global conservation status.

Comments

স্বাধীনতাবিরোধীদের চক্রান্ত প্রতিহতে ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়ায় আহ্বান প্রধান উপদেষ্টার

শহীদ বুদ্ধিজীবী দিবসে সবাইকে ঐক্যবদ্ধ হয়ে স্বাধীনতাবিরোধী অপশক্তির যে কোনো চক্রান্ত-ষড়যন্ত্র প্রতিহত করে নিজ নিজ অবস্থান থেকে দায়িত্ব পালনের আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন অন্তর্বর্তী সরকারের প্রধান উপদেষ্টা ড....

৯ মিনিট আগে