Mammals
Feral hoofed introduced mammals
Deer
Sighting 4262233

Cervus unicolor

Sambar Deer at Tuggeranong DC, ACT

Cervus unicolor at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - suppressed
Cervus unicolor at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - suppressed
Cervus unicolor at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - suppressed
Cervus unicolor at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - suppressed
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Identification history

Cervus unicolor 15 Jun 2020 DonFletcher
Cervus unicolor 15 Jun 2020 MichaelBedingfield
Sambar Cervus unicolor 14 Jun 2020 DonFletcher
Unknown Deer species 14 Jun 2020 MichaelMulvaney
Unverified 14 Jun 2020 HelenCross

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User's notes

Deer droppings? In some relatively dense vegetation. No tracks after the rain.

3 comments

HelenCross wrote:
   15 Jun 2020
Wow, thanks! How can you tell the species?
DonFletcher wrote:
   15 Jun 2020
Smell. No just shape and size. And the number of them together in this case
HelenCross wrote:
   15 Jun 2020
Haha - Thanks Don!

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Species information

  • Cervus unicolor Scientific name
  • Sambar Deer Common name
  • Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Major weed or pest
  • Up to 1105m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • External link More information

  • Synonyms

    Rusa unicolor
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