DSG Newsletter Nº26 April, 2014 1 Editorial Susana González and William McShea …………………………………………….……3 Global Mammal Assessment Old world and New world deer: Sarah Brook and Eveline Zanneti………………………………………………………...4 Articles Conservation of huemul in the future Patagonia National Park: a call for immediate management intervention by: Heiko U. Wittmer, L. Mark Elbroch and Andrew J. Marshall…………………………………………………………………….………………....6 Actions for the conservation of Pampas deer Ozotoceros bezoarticus celer in the Province of San Luis by: F.G. Tessaro, L. Denapole , M.J. Veinticinco, J. Muñoz and J. Heider…………………………………………………………………………………….…..14 Predicting the density and abundance of white-tailed deer based on ecological niche theory by: Carlos Yañez-Arenas, Salvador Mandujano and Enrique Martínez-Meyer……………………………………………………………………………..20 Observations on killings of sambar (Rusa unicolor) by wild dogs (Cuon alpinus) in Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR), Kerala – India by: H. S. A. Yahya……………….31 Kashmir Red deer or Hangul Cervus elaphus hanglu at the Brink of Extinction- Conservation Action, the need of an Hour by: Khursheed Ahmad and Parag Nigam…………………………………………..….37 Extinction process of the sambar in Peninsular Malaysia by: Kae Kawanishi, D. Mark Rayan, Melvin T. Gumal and Chris R. Shepherd………………………………….….48 Ranging pattern and habitat use of Sambar (Rusa unicolor) in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, Western India by: Dibyadeep Chatterjee, K. Sankar, Qamar Qureshi, Pradeep K. Malik and Parag Nigam………………………………………..60 New free tool to assess the use of forage resources in deer: DELTADIET by: Arnaud Léonard Jean Desbiez and Sandra Aparecida Santos……………………………….72 CO-CHAIR DSG Dr. Susana González Genética de la Conservación– IIBCE Av. Italia 3318 Montevideo, 11.600 Uruguay CO-CHAIR DSG Dr.William J. McShea Conservation Ecology Center National Zoological Park- Conservation and Research Center 1500 Remount Rd., Front Royal, VA 22630 -USA DSG VICE-CHAIR Dr. José Maurício Barbanti Duarte NUPECCE –UNESP-Brazil Red List Authority New World Species Dr. Eveline Zanetti Red List Authority Old World Species Dr. Sarah Brooks Newsletter Editor Dr.. Patricia Black & Dr. Susana González Editorial Board Dr. Patricia Black Dr. Mariana Cosse Dr. Will Duckworth Dr..Gordon Dryden Dr. Werner Flueck Dr. Ziegmunt Gizejewski Dr. Mariano Gimenez - Dixon Dr. Susana Gonzalez Dr. David Hewitt Dr. Orus Ilya Dr. John Jackson Dr. John Kie Dr .William Mc.Shea Dr. Mariano L Merino Dr, M. K. Ranjitsingh Dr, Damian Rumiz Dr. Robert Timmins