Biology:Formosan sambar deer

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Short description: Subspecies of deer

Formosan sambar
The deer of all lands (1898) Formosan sambar in Woburn Abbey.png
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
Genus: Rusa
Species:
Subspecies:
R. u. swinhoei
Trinomial name
Rusa unicolor swinhoei
(Sclater, 1862)

The Formosan sambar (Rusa unicolor swinhoei) is a subspecies of the sambar found in Taiwan. It is the largest native herbivore there. Its fur color changes with season to provide camouflage. It is yellowish-brown in the summer and dark brown in the winter.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2165287 entry