The deer of all lands (1898) Indian sambar
Date 1898
Source The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct
Author Richard Lydekker (1849–1915)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AThe_deer_of_all_lands_%281898%29_Indian_sambar.png

The sambar (Rusa unicolor) is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The Sri Lankan sambar or Indian sambar (Rusa unicolor unicolor) is a subspecies of the sambar deer that lives in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
Genus: Rusa
Species: Rusa unicolor (Kerr, 1792)
Subspecies: Rusa unicolor unicolor
Synonyms: Cervus unicolor