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Schomburgk's Deer was a species of deer endemic to Thailand, and is now extinct. The deer inhabited the swampy plains during the dry season, but it’s not clear where they went during the rainy season, when their normal territory would be completely flooded. As Thailand began to export more and more rice, they cleared out the wetland territories that the Schomburgk’s Deer needed to survive, which led to the extinction of the species in the early 1900s. There isn't much formal study of the deer; Europeans allegedly never saw a wild specimen. There are some conflicts as to whether or not the deer is really extinct, with some scientists claiming there may be a population left in the wild, but this is unlikely, given that their preferred habitat is almost completely gone. In the end, there’s nothing left of Schomburgk’s Deer but a handful of pictures and bones. And a really cute friend design!