Myanmar: Golden Deer Threatened by Record Heat and an Army Land Grab

May 28, 2019 | Mratt Kyaw Thu, Frontier
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The species commonly known as Golden Deer, and called thamin wah (yellow deer) in Burmese, is endemic to western Thailand. Though the deer are also found at the Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary in neighboring Mandalay Region, their conservation status in Myanmar is “near threatened”.