Population: The total population in Kazakhstan currently stands at about 1200 individuals.
Status. A rare and endangered species (Category I).
Habitat. In Kazakhstan, it inhabited the lower and middle reaches of the SyrDarya River until the mid-20th century; the last deer were killed here in 1956. It may have ranged up to the Karatau Range. It is possible that this subspecies lived in the delta of the Ili River. In 1981, the Bactrian deer was acclimatized in the Karashingil state hunting reserve along the left bank of the middle reaches of the Ili River.
