1 Reproductive seasonality and sperm cryopreservation in the male tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus) Saritvich Panyaboriban a,c , Ram Pratap Singh a,d , Nucharin Songsasen a , Luis Padilla b , Janine Brown a , Dolores Reed a , Mongkol Techakumphu c , Budhan Pukazhenthi a,e a Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA, 22630 USA b Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA c Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand d Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty 641 108, Coimbatore, India e Corresponding author. Email: pukazhenthib@si.edu Running title: Tufted deer sperm crypreservation © 2016. This manuscript version is made available under the Elsevier user license http://www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/