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Sri Lankan sambar deer
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The Sri Lankan sambar or Indian sambar (Rusa unicolor unicolor), also known as ගෝනා (gōṇā) in Sinhala, is a subspecies of the sambar that lives in India and Sri Lanka. British explorers and planters referred to it, erroneously, as an elk,[2] leading to place names such as Elk Plain.
Quick Facts Sambar, Scientific classification ...
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Stag/male | |
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Doe/female both in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Cervinae |
Genus: | Rusa |
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Subspecies: | R. u. unicolor |
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Rusa unicolor unicolor | |
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