sambar
species of mammal
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Summary
sambar is a taxon[1]. sambar ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,435 views/month, #1,305 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
- Parent taxon: Rusa[5]
- Taxon name: Rusa unicolor[6]
- Commons category: Rusa unicolor[7]
- Commons gallery: Cervus unicolor[8]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9]
- Short name: R. unicolor[10]
- Taxon common name: Sambar deer[11], Indian Sambar[12], Sambar[13], 水鹿[14]
- Habitat: savanna[15], shrubland[16]
- Gestation period: 240 day[17]
- Longest observed lifespan: 26.4 years[18]
- Invasive to: Australia[19]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[20]
- Taxon author citation: Kerr, 1792[21]
- Litter size: 1[22]
- Diel cycle: crepuscular[23]
- Taxon range: Nepal[24], Laos[25], Malaysia[26], Myanmar[27], Bangladesh[28], Vietnam[29], Bhutan[30], Brunei[31], Sri Lanka[32], India[33], Indonesia[34], People's Republic of China[35], Cambodia[36], Thailand[37]
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Identifiers
sambar's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 75053[38]. sambar's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 662561[39]. sambar's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 290025[40]. sambar's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7261386[41]. sambar's ITIS TSN is recorded as 898215[42].
Why It Matters
sambar has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] sambar is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]