The sambar is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, South China and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2008, as its populations have declined substantially due to hunting, local insurgency and the industrial exploitation of its habitat.
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System (Realm) Relationship to People Relationship to PeopleInvasive or Introduced Species 1 Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill). Scientific Name Conservation Status Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceShaggy coat yellowish brown to dark grey 1 Connections
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1. Sambar deer (Wikipedia)
Sambar deer, Taxobox
Rusa unicolor
Sambar deer, Taxobox conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Sambar deer, Description
The shaggy coat can be from yellowish brown to dark grey in colour, and while it is usually uniform in colour, some subspecies have chestnut marks on the rump and underparts.
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Sambar are protected wildlife game species in Victoria and New South Wales, and a game licence is required to hunt them.
View the Source2. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
3. Sambar deer (Wikidata)
WikidataStatements section, habitat (P2974): TerrestrialQuote, Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
Wikidata: Sambar Deer
Wikidata Q229337, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: ArtiodactylaView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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