Formosan sambar deer

Formosan sambar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Rusa
Species:
R. unicolor
Subspecies:
R. u. swinhoei
Trinomial name
Rusa unicolor swinhoei
(Sclater, 1862)

The Formosan sambar (Rusa unicolor swinhoei) is a subspecies of the sambar found in Taiwan. It is the largest native herbivore there. Its fur color changes with season to provide camouflage. It is yellowish-brown in the summer and dark brown in the winter.[1]

References

  1. ^ "In Search of the Formosan Sambar - New Southbound Policy Portal". New Southbound Policy. Retrieved 2021-08-28.


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