Rusa unicolor (Kerr 1792)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 670

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scientific name	Rusa unicolor (Kerr 1792)
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Rusa unicolor (Kerr 1792) View in CoL

[Cervus] unicolor Kerr 1792 View in CoL , in: Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 300.

Type Locality: "Inhabits the dry hilly forests of Ceylon, Borneo, Celebes and Java"; restricted to Ceylon ( Sri Lanka; Lydekker, 1915:73).

Vernacular Names: Sambar.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Rusa unicolor subsp. unicolor Kerr 1792

Subspecies Rusa unicolor subsp. brookei Hose 1893

Subspecies Rusa unicolor subsp. cambojensis Gray 1861

Subspecies Rusa unicolor subsp. dejeani de Pousargues 1896

Subspecies Rusa unicolor subsp. equina G. Cuvier 1823

Subspecies Rusa unicolor subsp. hainana Xu 1983

Subspecies Rusa unicolor subsp. swinhoii Sclater 1862

Distribution: India and Sri Lanka east to S China (E Tibet and Sichuan to Yunnan; Hainan Isl) and Taiwan; south to Peninsular Malaysia, Sunda Isles (Sumatra, Borneo, Siberut, Sipora, and Pagi and Nias Isls); introduced to Australia and New Zealand.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subspecies from Groves and Grubb (1987).