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Rusa unicolor (sambar)

Synonyms: Cervus unicolor

Wikipedia Abstract

The sambar (Rusa unicolor) is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, southern China and Southeast Asia. Although it primarily refers to R. unicolor, the name "sambar" is also sometimes used to refer to the Philippine deer (called the "Philippine sambar") and the Javan rusa (called the "Sunda sambar"). The name is also spelled sambur, or sambhur.
View Wikipedia Record: Rusa unicolor

Infraspecies

Rusa unicolor brookei
Rusa unicolor cambojensis
Rusa unicolor dejeani
Rusa unicolor equina
Rusa unicolor hainana
Rusa unicolor swinhoii
Rusa unicolor unicolor

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Rusa unicolor

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  496.043 lbs (225.00 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  22.046 lbs (10.00 kg)
Diet [3]  Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  10 %
Diet - Plants [3]  90 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  1 year 9 months
Gestation [2]  7 months 22 days
Litter Size [2]  1
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  26 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  7.38 feet (225 cm)
Weaning [2]  7 months 3 days

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Predators

Consumers

External References

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Citations

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♦ 8Cuon alpinus, James A. Cohen, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 100, pp. 1-3 (1978)
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