sambar

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q229337
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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]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [39] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [42] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [41] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . list of endangered and protected species of China. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  20. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . SInAS database of alien species occurrences. wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . Rusa unicolor (Artiodactyla: Cervidae). wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Q120446
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → Vulnerable
    Litter size → {'amount': '+1'}
    Taxon rank → species
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