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SAMBAR FACTS |
Description
The Sambar is the most widespread introduced deer in Australia. It is dark brown or blackish with coarse, short fur and large rounded ears. The males have mane of longer fur round the neck. The underside is pale grey. Adult males develop antlers with three points (tines). Calves have white spots that fade after about 2 months.
Size
Length: 1.6m - 2.5m. Tail length: 25cm - 30cm. Weight 110kg - 240kg
Habitat
forested hillsides
Food
Sambar feed in evening and night on leaves, berries, grasses, fruit, herbs and buds
Breeding
usually a single fawn is born after a gestation period of 8 - 9 months
Range
Native to India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma, Sri Lanka, Philippines, southern China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java. In Australia they are found in Eastern Highlands from near Melbourne to ACT
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Artiodactyla | | Family: | Cervidae | | Genus: | Cervus | | Species: | unicolor | | Common Name: | Sambar |
Relatives in same Genus
Red Deer (C. elaphus)
Hog Deer (C. porcinus)
Rusa (C. timorensis)
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