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--> FAMILY Cervidae
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--> GENUS Rusa
SPECIES Rusa unicolor
| Author: | Kerr, 1792. | | Citation: | In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 300. | | Common Name: | Sambar | | Type Locality: | "Inhabits the dry hilly forests of Ceylon, Borneo, Celebes and Java"; restricted to Ceylon (Sri Lanka; Lydekker, 1915:73). | | Distribution: | India and Sri Lanka east to S China (E Tibet and Sichuan to Yunnan; Hainan Isl) and Taiwan; south to Peninsular Malaysia, Sunda Isles (Sumatra, Borneo, Siberut, Sipora, and Pagi and Nias Isls); introduced to Australia and New Zealand. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subspecies from Groves and Grubb (1987). |
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