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Sambar
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see wapiti.
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Wapiti - large North American deer, Cervus canadensis, closely related to the Old World red deer.
Sambar and rusa are Hindi names for deer. The Sunda Islands are found in Indonesia, near Java.
Cervus (Latin) a stag, deer. -ensis (Latin) suffix meaning belonging to: this deer lives on, but is not confined to, the island of Timor.
Sambarhirsche
as horse or Sambarhirsche marks 3 stag-types, the Indian Sambar or horse-stag (Cervus unicolor), the mane-stag (Cervus timorensis) and the Philippinen...
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Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor)
Visayan spotted deer (Rusa alfredi)
Taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis)
Fea's barking deer (Muntiacus feae)
Chital (Axis axis)
Hog deer (Axis porcinus)
Moose (Alces americanus)
Eurasian elk (Alces alces) ...
4. Sambar Group, Subgenus Rusa. - Antlers rounded, threetined, with the bezand trez-tines wanting, and the beam simply forked at the summit; coat either uniform or spotted at all seasons. Indo-Malay countries and part of China.
The Sambar Deer, Cervus unicolor, is an introduced species found in wetlands on St. Vincent Island in Franklin County. It is much larger than the native white-tailed deer, reaching a length of 78-102".
About Sambar
The sambar is a close relative of the elk. they live in woodlands, and often on mountain slopes. It has a dark brown coat and unusually thick antlers with two or three branches.
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Staples Sambar deer, wild pigs, water buffalo and antelope
Also known to attack sloth bear, dogs, leopards, crocodiles and pythons as well as monkeys and hares. Old and injured tigers have been known to attack humans and domestic cattle.
Tigers eat mostly sambar, chital, Red deer, Swamp deer, Rusa deer, and Wild pigs. Occasionally, however, they will kill a rhino or elephant calf. About one in ten or twenty attempts to catch prey is successful.
The majority of the tiger diet consists of various large ungulate species, including sambar (Rusa unicolor), chital (Axis axis), hog deer (Axis porcinus), barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak), elk (Cervus elaphus), ...
In India, Dholes prey on Sambar, Chital, swamp deer, nilgai, blackbuck, gaur, wild pigs, ground dwelling birds and rodents. Chital make up the majority of their diet.
Bengal tigers hunt medium-sized and large-sized animals, such as wild boar (an omnivorous mammal), sambar (a kind of deer), barasingha (a kind of deer), chital (a spotted deer), nilgai (an antelope), gaur (a large ox of South Asia) and water buffalo.
(Other Names: Alfred's Sambar, Philippine Spotted Deer, Prince Alfred's Spotted Deer, Prince Alfred's Rusa, Prinz-Alfred-Hirsch,Visayan Deer)
Cervus alfredi (C. unicolor a., Rusa alfredi)
Status: Endangered ...
Red Deer (C. elaphus) Â- Elk (C. canadensis) Â- Thorold's deer (C. albirostris) Â- Sika Deer (C. nippon) Â- Barasingha (C. duvaucelii) Â- Eld's Deer (C. eldii) Â- Sambar Deer (C. unicolor) Â- Rusa Deer (C. timorensis) Â- Philippine Sambar (C.
Komodo dragons ambush their prey; typically boar, water buffalo, and Sambar deer, and inflict a crippling, infectious bite. Then, using their long forked tongue to smell, they track their prey, which usually dies of infection within a few days.
Diet: Tigers prey primarily on wild boar (Sus scrofa) and other swine, and medium to large deer such as chital (Axis axis), red deer (Cervus elaphus), and sambar (C. unicolor).
In the deer family (Cervidae), only the larger moose (Alces alces), which is called an "elk" in Europe, and the sambar (Rusa unicolor) rival the elk in size.
forelimbs, massive and heavily muscled, are used to hold tightly onto the prey and to avoid being dislodged, especially by large prey such as gaurs. A single tremendous blow of the paw can kill a full-grown wolf or heavily injure a 150 kg Sambar deer.
 See also: Deer, Buffalo, Elk, Red Deer, Chital
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