sambar

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q229337
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sambar

Summary

sambar is a taxon[1]. sambar ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,241 views/month, #1,305 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • sambar's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • sambar is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • sambar's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
  • sambar is classified within Rusa[6].
  • sambar's scientific name is Rusa unicolor[7].
  • sambar's Commons category is recorded as Rusa unicolor[8].
  • sambar's Commons gallery is recorded as Cervus unicolor[9].
  • sambar's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • sambar's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'R. unicolor'}[11].
  • sambar is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sambar deer'}[12].
  • sambar is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Indian Sambar'}[13].
  • sambar is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sambar'}[14].
  • sambar is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sambar Deer'}[15].
  • sambar is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '水鹿'}[16].
  • sambar is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'sambar'}[17].
  • sambar's habitat is recorded as savanna[18].
  • sambar's habitat is recorded as shrubland[19].
  • sambar's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+240'}[20].
  • sambar's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+26.4'}[21].
  • sambar's invasive to is recorded as Australia[22].
  • sambar's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[23].
  • sambar's taxon author citation is recorded as Kerr, 1792[24].
  • sambar's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[25].
  • sambar's diel cycle is recorded as crepuscular[26].
  • sambar's taxon range is recorded as Nepal[27].

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Classification

sambar's scientific name is Rusa unicolor[7]. sambar is classified at the rank of species[4]. sambar is classified within Rusa[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sambar deer'}[12], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Indian Sambar'}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sambar'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '水鹿'}[16], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'sambar'}[17].

Identifiers

sambar's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 75053[28]. sambar's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 662561[29]. sambar's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 290025[30]. sambar's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7261386[31]. sambar's ITIS TSN is recorded as 898215[32].

Why It Matters

sambar ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,241 views/month, #1,305 of 195,241).[2] sambar has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] sambar is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . list of endangered and protected species of China. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  23. [28] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . SInAS database of alien species occurrences. wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . Rusa unicolor (Artiodactyla: Cervidae). wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status Vulnerable
    Litter size {'amount': '+1'}
    Taxon rank species
    Instance of taxon
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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