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Malayan sambar

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Malayan sambar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Rusa
Species:
Subspecies:
R. u. equina
Trinomial name
Rusa unicolor equina
(G. Cuvier, 1823)

The Malayan sambar (Rusa unicolor equina) is a subspecies of the sambar in the genus Rusa. It is one of the 75 mammal species that have been identified in the RER area in the Kampar Peninsula.[1] Currently, there are seven subspecies of sambar deer with the Malayan sambar being one of the seven.[1] Sambar deer usually reach a height of 3ft to 5ft. or 1-1.5 meters and usually weigh as much as 545 kilograms.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Wildlife of RER: Sambar Deer". 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2023-03-02.