Research Article

Studies on the Food and Feeding Habits of Swamp Deer (Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) in Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

Table 2

Food plants of swamp deer reported in previous and present study.

Present studySchaller 1967 [1],
Qureshi et al. 2004 [2]
Singh 1984 [4]Khan and
Ahmed 2004 [6]
Martin 1977 [7]Schaaf 1978 [8],
Moe 1994 [9],
Pokharel 1996 [10],
Bhatta 2004 [11]
Wegge et al. 2006 [12]

Typha spp.Hydrilla spp.Arundo donax I. cylindrica GrassesBrachiaria spp. A.  donax
GrassesHygroryza spp.I. cylindrica Corchorus capsularis Colebrookia oppositifolia
SedgesImperata cylindrica N. porphyrocoma Cynodon dactylon Cymbopogon spp.
Narenga porphyrocoma S. spontaneum Cyperus rotundus Dalbergia sissoo
Oryza rufipogon Themeda spp.Desmostachya bipinnata I. cylindrica
Phragmites karka Ziziphus mauritiana Grewia sapida N. porphyrocoma
Saccharum spontaneum I. cylindrica P. karka
P. karka Phoenix humilis
Saccharum munja S.spontaneum
S. spontaneum Themeda spp.
Vetiveria zizanoides
Z. mauritiana