SAMBUR 
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Drawn from a specimen shot by Col. J. Evans, in the Ghauts of Simrol (see over). 
SAMBUR (Cervus unicolor). 
WEIGHT, 600 Ibs. (about); HEIGHT at shoulder 54 inches—the 
late Sir Samuel Baker, Bart. One killed in Ceylon by him weighed 
411 lbs. clean. HEIGHT of ¢ shot at Nimar, Central Provinces, by 
Lieut.-Col. Wade-Dalton, 59 inches. 
Distribution—Throughout the oriental region wherever there is undu- 
lating ground or hilly country with forest, but the forms in some 
of the Malay Islands seem specifically distinct. It ascends the 
Himalayas in places to 9000 or 10,000 fect, and is common on 
the summits of the ranges in Southern India (W. T. Blanford). 
