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Geography • Indian GeographyHard

The 'Loktak Lake' in Manipur, famous for its floating circular swamps known as phumdis, is also home to which endangered and endemic cervid species?

A. Nilgiri Tahr
B. Sangai deer✓ Correct Answer
C. Hangul deer
D. Barasingha

💡 Solution & Explanation

Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India, located in Manipur, and is famous for its floating vegetative masses called phumdis. It hosts the Keibul Lamjao National Park, which is the sole natural habitat of the endangered brow-antlered deer locally known as the Sangai. The Hangul is native to the riverine forests of Kashmir. The Nilgiri Tahr inhabits the rocky mountain slopes of the Western Ghats in southern India.

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