Showing posts with label wildlife. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wildlife. Show all posts

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Fanged Deer of Nuristan

The province of Nuristan - located in northeastern Afghanistan - is home to the "fanged deer". Another name for this deer is the Kashmir musk deer. It was believed the deer was extinct but several sightings indicate that some of the species still exist - primarily in Nuristan. Read more in "Thought to be extinct, the fanged deer of Afghanistan lives on", Digital Journal, November 1, 2014.