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Sambar

Rusa unicolor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 122, February 177, March 126, April 143, May 116, June 59, July 28, August 31, September 27, October 76, November 124, December 155.
India1,184
Australia414
Thailand378
Victoria355
Rājasthān307
Madhya Pradesh230
Nakhon Ratchasima Province152
Karnātaka132
Kerala132
Nakhon Nayok Province107

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Dietary

  • HerbivoreFeeds primarily on plantsFrom its classification

Physical

  • HornedHas prominent horns or antlersFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilyDeer · Cervidae
GenusRusa Deer · Rusa

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