 Tibetan red deer

The Tibetan red deer ("Cervus canadensis wallichi") also known as shou, is a subspecies of elk (wapiti) native to the southern Tibetan highlands and Bhutan.Once believed to be near-extinct, its population has increased to over 8,300, the majority of which live in a 120,000-hectare nature reserve established in 1993 in Riwoqê County, Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.