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Sri Lankan sambar deer

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Cervidae

Rank
  
Subspecies

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Artiodactyla

Subfamily
  
Cervinae

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Sri lankan sambar deer horton plains national park


Sri Lankan sambar deer (Rusa unicolor unicolor) is a sub-species of sambar deer that lives in Sri Lanka. This subspecies is one of the largest sambar deer species with the largest antlers both in size and in body proportions. Large males weight up to 270–280 kg. Sri Lankan sambar live in lowland dry forests and mountain forests. Large herds of sambar deer roam the Horton Plains National Park, where it is the most common large mammal.

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Sri Lankan sambar deer Wikipedia