Hangul
Also called: Kashmir stag · Topic: Biodiversity and its Conservation · NCERT: Class 10, Ch 2 "Forest and Wildlife Resources"
Meaning
The hangul, or Kashmir stag, is India's only surviving red deer, a large deer of cool forests. It is Critically Endangered, the highest threat level before extinction in the wild. Only a small number survive. It is the state animal of Jammu and Kashmir. Project Hangul began in 1970 to save it.
Example
The hangul lives mainly in Dachigam National Park near Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. The park's forests and meadows are its last stronghold.
Don't confuse with
- Sangai: the brow-antlered deer of Loktak Lake in Manipur, a different deer found in north-east India.
Related concepts
- Project Elephant
- One-horned rhinoceros
- Asiatic lion
- Project Cheetah
- Gharial
- Project Hangul
- Red panda
- Snow leopard
- Great Indian Bustard
- Blackbuck