Description
MiNo. 3396 FDC(I) Thailand
Odr. (5x2); perf. K 14:14 1/2
FDC(I), Issue date: 02/15/2014
Picture descriptions:
eik) Schomburgk deer or Cervus schomburgki (Rucervus schomburgki)
3396 3 B multicolored eik
Stamp Designer: Miss Mayuree Narknisorn (Thailand Post Company)
Quantity FDC(I): 15,000 pieces
Post Price: 10 Baht
Printer: Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited
The issue has the additional title: 75 years of Thai Zoological Gardens
Conservation Status:
Here as a FDC with first day special postmark
Issue Occasion:
The Schomburgk deer (Rucervus schomburgki, formerly Cervus schomburgki) is an extinct mammal of the deer family (Cervidae). He lived in Thailand and is by Robert Hermann Schomburgk, a German explorer and later Consul General in Siam, named. This deer inhabited wetlands in southern Central Thailand, especially in the valley of the Chao Phraya River. Maybe he came earlier also in Laos and southern China (Yunnan). Areas with dense vegetation to he avoided. At times of high water, he fled to small islands jutting out of the water. He was probably nocturnal and live in groups consisting of one male, several females and the common offspring. His food consisted of grasses and other plants.
