INDIAN SAMBAR 



Antlers of Indian Sambar. 

 From a specimen in the British Museum. 



INDIAN SAMBAR (Cervus unicolor). 



The typical representative of the Rusine group of deer, in which 

 the antlers are rounded and three-tined, both the bez and trez being 

 wanting, and the summit of the beam simply forked. Height reaching 

 to 5 feet 4 inches at the shoulder. Antlers large and rough, with the 

 brow-tine given off at an acute angle to the beam, and the two 

 terminal tines of nearly equal length. Hair coarse and shaggy, 

 uniformly dark umber-brown, with some chestnut on the buttocks, at 

 all ages. Face-glands very large, and capable of being turned inside 

 out. Ears large, and the tail relatively long and bushy. Young 

 uniformly coloured. Weight about 600 Ibs., when cleaned about 

 410 Ibs. The wooded hilly districts of India and Ceylon form the 

 habitat of the true sambar, which probably extends into Assam. 



