Eastern Black Deer

The eastern black deer, also known as the mosas deer (or غزلان موساس), is a subspecies of black deer, it is a species of medium-sized deer native to the the eastern section of Parania and most of Pasia. In Parania, its range has widely been altered over time with a spotty distribution in the southeastern countries to a more full and abundant distribution in the northeastern countries, but it was likely that the southeastern countries have had abundance of these deer before intense hunting and major habitat loss, the only really healthy and common abundance of eastern black deer are located in the Northern Province of Minuka and Panstivo, as well as many places in Cheskachena, Naliland and Chuliana. Unlike the issue in Parania, the deer is heavily abundant in Pasia compared to Parania with populations exceeding almost three times bigger than most Paranian countries.

## Distribution and habitat

The deer is present in twelve countries as far north as Cheskachena and as far south as Avishaman. In Parania, its range has widely been altered over time with a spotty distribution in the southeastern countries to a more full and abundant distribution in the northeastern countries, but it was likely that the southeastern countries have had abundance of these deer before intense hunting and major habitat loss, the only really healthy and common abundance of eastern black deer are located in the Northern Province of Minuka and Panstivo, as well as many places in Cheskachena, Naliland and Chuliana. Unlike the issue in Parania, the deer is heavily abundant in Pasia compared to Parania with populations exceeding almost three times bigger than most Paranian countries. The eastern black deer range in southeastern Parania is confined to the Lalibon and Spanninged Mountains in Kosna as well as most central, flat lowland areas of Obnivir; the black deer is known as a vagrant to Hartnett and only three records were held in the past decade. In Panstivo, the deer range everywhere except for the northern peninsula, Panstivo holds the name for holding the highest population of eastern black deer in Parania but their population is slowly decreasing due to a large population of canids rising in the island. In Pasia, the deer is found from northeastern Mecirhan to northern Avishaman and in large numbers aswell, with Mecirhan being home to between 32,000 - 35,000 eastern black deer and Kafaniyat being home to a stunning 1,000,000 eastern black deer with a slightly decreasing population, deer populations likely spiked as hunting became illegal in many parts of northeastern Pasia as well as a decrease in predator population.

## Ecology

Eastern black deer have the ability to adapt to a large variety of environments but studies shown that most deer (About 60.0%) in Pasia prefer to be in dry, mixed forests that are usually located near a field or chaparral which have low populations of predators. In Panstivo, no eastern black deer are known to wander into urban settings and almost 95.0% of all black deer were documented in deep forest.

### Diet

A majority of black deer in Pasia and Kosna eat desert prickly pears and Mecirhan cabbages, northern populations of eastern black deer stick to the usual grasses, legumes, shoots, and leaves and in Panstivo, they are considered major pests due to them commonly being the culprits of eaten plants in gardens.

### Predators

Golden jackals, brown bears, darolles, and leopards are the most successful predators of eastern black deer, but humans are the most effective for most of the Paranian eastern black deer, causing their populations to plummet from millions to just over 20,000. The most common causes of mortality for eastern black deer in Pasia are malnutrition or being hit by automobiles, with predation accounting for only 10.3 percent of 1,000 eastern black deer deaths due to a significant decline of predators in the area. Carcasses of these deer are usually eaten by many raptor and vulture species, crows, ravens, opossums, raccoons, culpeos, and foxes. Fawns are the most vulnerable of the species to predation and can be taken down by even smaller mammals such as foxes, raccoons, possums and culpeos.

## Overpopulation

Eastern black deer have an estimated population of 4,200,000 in Pasia, with the majority residing in the area encompassing Kafaniyat, Avishaman, and eastern Rabra, which can be problematic because deer can be seen as pests due to a lack of predators and the ban on hunts. As a result, a large number of poaching teams have begun in Kafaniyat and Avishaman to control the deer population, with most hunts taking place at night when people are asleep or occupied. Many government authorities are considering moving a multitude of eastern black deer up north to their Paranian neighbours in need to complete the endangered population, as the deer population is expected to reach 12,000,000 in the future decades.