1 Sambar Deer at Stromlo, ACT
Identification history
| Cervus unicolor | 15 Jul 2020 | DonFletcher | ||
| Cervus unicolor | 15 Jul 2020 | DonFletcher | ||
| Unverified | 14 Jul 2020 | Kurt |
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User's notes
Horse scull? 50cm long.
4 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
14 Jul 2020
Sambar or small horse. Was there evidence of upper incisor teeth at the front tip of the upper jaw? Any other bones in the area?
DonFletcher
wrote:
15 Jul 2020
OK, horses have upper incisors, deer do not. Fallow deer skull is more curved up and down. I think this is a female Sambar.
Location information
- Maps Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
- Places Stromlo, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Kurt Recorded by
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Collections
Kurt Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cervus unicolor Deer Feral hoofed introduced mammals Mammals
Species information
- Cervus unicolor Scientific name
- Sambar Deer Common name
- Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1105m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Rusa unicolor