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Sambar is a large deer native to Indian subcontinents, South China and Southeast Asia. Populations have declined substantially due to severe hunting, local insurgency, and industrial exploitation of habitat.
Safari #6; Continuation…. While were still struggling to get the right spot to make some decent images, Sonam and her bold cub were playing hide and seek with us. Sonam would come out, spend a couple of minutes near the kill and would go back to the bushes, which happened multiple times.
We finally managed to get a good enough spot, and at that particular moment everything was working in our favor except for good lighting, thanks to cloudy weather. As Sridhar and I were talking about the bad light, there came another obstacle, a noisy one. There were a lot of people, wanting to fill their eyes with this is extraordinary scene but their excitement caused trouble for vehicles coming from Kolara gate and one lady started screaming on top of her voice, asking others to make way. This irritated all of us and Sonam, and she decided to get back to the bushes again.
Waiting game was ON again, and this time the wait was much longer. All eyes were glued at the dead sambar and tall grass behind it, anticipating the Telia Queen to come out. All of a sudden our guide started screaming (needless to say, only to the extent that Sridhar and I could hear) ‘sir, Sonam agai, Sonam agai and all cameras with bazooka lenses started firing like machine guns.
Coudln't ask for more from mother nature...
An endangered Dhole (or Asian Wild Dog) gnawing on a sambar deer carcass in Khao Yai National Park in Thailand (and our guide narrating in the background)
Sambar male, Rusa unicolor crossing a river in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand.
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This photo is taken at jaldapara national park,West Bengal,India.A sambar deer was spotted while tourists were in zeep safari.
Banteng, Bos javanicus & Sambar deer, Rusa unicolor in Huai Kha Khaeng wildlife sanctuary
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Sambar (also sambur, sambhur), is the common name for several large dark brown and maned Asian deer, particularly for the Indian species (Cervus unicolor), which attains a height of 102 to 160 cm (40 to 63 in) at the shoulder and may weigh as much as 546 kg (1200 pounds), though more typically 162-260 kg (357-574 pounds). The coat is dark brown with chestnut marks on the rump and underparts.
Sambars are primarily browsers that live in woodlands and feed mainly on coarse vegetation, grass, and herbs. They are diurnal animals who live in herds of 5-6 members, grazing on grass, sprigs, fruit and bamboo buds.
These deer are seldom far from water and, although primarily of the tropics, are hardy and may range from sea level up to high elevations such as the mixed coniferous/deciduous forest zone in the Himalayan Mountains sharing its range with the Himalayan musk deer.
Sambars are a favorite prey item for tigers. They also can be taken by crocodiles, mostly the sympatric Mugger Crocodiles. More rarely, leopards and dholes will take young or sickly deer.
Though they have no specific mating season, sambars commonly mate from September and on to January in the Northern hemisphere. Males defend rutting territories and attempt to attract females by vocal and olfactory displays. The males are solitary and highly aggressive toward other males during this time. Females may live in groups of eight. A male may have one whole group of females in his territory.
The gestation period for the females is around 9 months with one fawn born at a time. Sambar fawns have brown hair with light spots which they lose very shortly. Fawns stay with their mothers for up to two years.
Posting here after a while. This picture is from my recent visit to Ranthambore National Park in last Christmas (2020)
Female sambar deer drinking from a pond at Rathambore National Park. Taken with a Sony A7 111 and 24-105mm lens at 70mm at 3:10pm on 31st March 2025. ISO 250, f/11, 1/50s.
India tiger safari trip.
Our last national park, Corbett.
Jim Corbett National Park, which is a part of the larger Corbett Tiger Reserve, a Project Tiger Reserve lies in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand. The magical landscape of Corbett is well known and fabled for its tiger richness. Established in the year 1936 as Hailey National Park, Corbett has the glory of being India's oldest and most prestigious National Park. It is also being honored as the place where Project Tiger was first launched in 1973. This unique tiger territory is best known as the father who gave birth of the Project Tiger in India to protect the most endangered species and the Royal of India called Tigers.
The sambar (Rusa unicolor) is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, South China, and Southeast Asia that is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2008. Populations have declined substantially due to severe hunting, insurgency, and industrial exploitation of habitat.
They are favourite prey of tigers and Asiatic lions. In India, the sambar can comprise up to nearly 60% of the prey selected by the Bengal tiger. Anecdotally, the tiger is said to even mimic the call of the sambar to deceive it while hunting.
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Gavin and I were waiting for the gates to open at Horton plains, Sri Lanka - just having a cup of famous Ceylon tea and some locally disquisitionable cake. The chilly mountain air, and the fresh crisp breeze awaking our sensors. This sizable creature appeared out on the distance and slowly wound his way over to us. Very tepped, exquisite and calming. so we shared some cake, and shared a moment on that fresh, breezy morning.
From WIki..
"Sambar (also sambur, sambhur, Tamil: Kadaththi man, Assamese: Xor Pohu), is the common name for several large dark brown and maned Asian deer, particularly for the Indian species (Cervus unicolor), which attains a height of 102 to 160 cm (40 to 63 in) at the shoulder and may weigh as much as 546 kg (1200 pounds), though more typically 162-260 kg (357-574 pounds). The coat is dark brown with chestnut marks on the rump and underparts. The large, rugged antlers are typically rusine, the brow tines being simple and the beams forked at the tip. In some specimens the antlers exceed 101 cm (40 in).
Sambars are primarily browsers that live in woodlands and feed mainly on coarse vegetation, grass, and herbs. They are diurnal animals who live in herds of 5-6 members, grazing on grass, sprigs, fruit and bamboo buds.
Sambar in forest
These deer are seldom far from water and, although primarily of the tropics, are hardy and may range from sea level up to high elevations such as the mixed coniferous/deciduous forest zone in the Himalayan Mountains sharing its range with the Himalayan musk deer. These deer are found in habitats ranging from tropical seasonal forests (tropical dry forests and seasonal moist evergreen forests), subtropical mixed forests (conifers, broadleaf deciduous, and broadleaf evergreen tree species) to tropical rainforests. Their range covers a vast majority of territory that is classified as tropical rainforest, but their densities are probably very low there. In these areas, the deer probably prefer clearings and areas adjacent to water. They live as far north, according to Wild China, as the southern slopes of the Qinling Mountains in Central China. In Taiwan, sambar along with sika deer have been raised on farms for their antlers, which they drop annually in April to May. Sambars are a favorite prey item for tigers. They also can be taken by crocodiles, mostly the sympatric Mugger Crocodiles. More rarely, leopards and dholes will take young or sickly deer."