Hog deer!

Hog deer traditionally range from Bangladesh through northern India, to mainland Southeast Asia. This includes much of the Indo-Gangetic Plains of Bangladesh, northern India, Nepal, and Southwestern Yunnan Province of China through to western Thailand. They of course were very successfully introduced to the Gippsland coastal region of Victoria, Australia and to a lesser extent to Texas, USA and South Africa. They also inhabit Sri Lanka where there is quite some conjecture as to whether they are native or introduced from India (there are many conflicting reports regarding this topic and I suspect it may never be definitive). Recent study, in my preparation for visiting Sri Lanka, determined there are very few Hog deer remaining in that country. There is a breed and release program being undertaken just 20 kilometers northward of Galle on the south coast of Sri Lanka however the numbers there are reportedly so low I considered it not worth-while visiting. Local poaching for meat is most likely the cause of population decline.