Spotted Deer thrives in a variety of habitats, but usually avoid extremes for example dense moist forests and open semi-desert or desert. Moist and dry deciduous forest areas, especially adjoining dry thorn scrub or grasslands appear to be the best areas, and highest densities of Chital are reported from these habitats. Short grasslands habitat, swampy meadows and glades adjoining forest areas, coastal dry evergreen forests, mixed forests or plantations with Teak (Tectona grandis) and Sal (Shorea robusta) are also used as habitat. (Raman in press). The Spotted Deer is a gregarious and frequently found in herds of a few individuals to 100 or more. It feeds largely on grasses at all sessons with green grasses less than 10 cm high seems to be preferred. It also feeds on flowers and fruits. Chital uses more wooded habitat during the cool-dry season and early summer (November to May), where fallen fruit, leaf litter, and browse are available. In open grassland and tropical dry thorn forest, Chital density increases with the onset of monsoon rains and flush of plant growth (Mishra 1982, Moe and Wegge 1994, Khan 1996, Raman et al. 1996).