Female elk deer are usually alone or with offspring, while males are solitary except during mating season when they join females in herds of 50. Mothers hide newborns in long grass for protection, and elk deer eat grasses, fruits, and plants from fields and wetlands. The elk deer population is endangered with declines in Burma but increases in Manipur, where only 250 remain. The species' numbers have decreased 90% in the last decade and are still falling.

3. DUring the year female elds deers are usually found
alone or with their children. Males are usually found
alone except in mating season where they join up with
the females and make a large herd of about 50 deers.
After birth, mothers tend to hide their babies in areas of
long grass for protection. They eat things like
grass, fruits and wetland plants. THey also tend to eat
things from the fields nearby like rice, lentils and peas.
According to IUCN the elds deers is endangered. The
population in Burma is decreasing but the population in
Manipur is increasing, but that population is quite
small, there are only about 250 elds deers in Manipur. In
the last decade the elds deers population has decreased
by 90%. THe population is still decreasing.

6. http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/profiles/mammals/elds_deer/