Sambar Deer(Rusa unicolor)
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artidactyla
Suborder: ------
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Rusa
Species: unicolor
Subspecies: ------
Fun Facts:
Sambar deer is one of the largest members of deer family. .
Sambar’s predators prefer to attack in shallow water.
Sambar deer has amazing sense of hearing, sight and smell.
Fast Facts
| Description: | A typical forest deer with a shaggy, dark brown coat and large spreading antlers, the Sambar is India’s largest deer. |
| Size: | Male: 2 m Female: 1.5 |
| Height: | Male: 1.6 m Female: 1.3 to 1.5 m |
| Weight: | Male: 260 to 300 kg Female: 200 to 250 kg |
| Diet: | Grass, fruits, shoots, seeds. |
| Sexual maturity: | Male: 2 years Female: 18 to 24 months |
| Estrous phase: | 18 days |
| Gestation Period: | 246 days |
| Young per birth: | 1calf |
| Life span: | In wild: 12 to 15years In captivity: 28 years |
| Habitat: | Mixed deciduous forest and grassland scrub. |
| Distribution: | Asia, Australia, New Zealand and North America. |
| Current Population Status: | Decreasing |
| IUCN Red List Status: | Vulnerable |