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The sambar (''Rusa unicolor'') is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, southern China and Southeast Asia. Although it primarily refers to ''R. unicolor'', the name "sambar" is also sometimes used to refer to the Philippine deer (called the "Philippine sambar") and the Javan rusa (called the "Sunda sambar"). The name is also spelled ''sambur'', or ''sambhur''. == Description == The appearance and the size of sambar vary widely across their range, which has led to considerable taxonomic confusion in the past; over forty different scientific synonyms have been used for the species. In general, they attain a height of at the shoulder and may weigh as much as , though more typically .〔Burnie D and Wilson DE (Eds.), ''Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife''. DK Adult (2005), ISBN 0789477645〕 Head and body length varies from , with a tail.〔Boitani, Luigi (1984) ''Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mammals''. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone Books, ISBN 978-0-671-42805-1〕 Individuals belonging to western subspecies tend to be larger than those from the east and females are smaller than males. Among all living cervid species, only the moose and the elk can attain larger sizes. The large, rugged antlers are typically rusine, the brow tines being simple and the beams forked at the tip, so that they have only three tines. The antlers are typically up to long in fully adult individuals. As with most deer, only the males have antlers.〔 The shaggy coat can be anything from yellowish-brown to dark grey in colour and, while it is usually uniform in colour, some subspecies have chestnut marks on the rump and underparts. Sambar also have a small but dense mane, which tends to be more prominent in males. The tail is relatively long for deer, and is generally black above with a whitish underside.〔 Adult males and pregnant or lactating females possess an unusual hairless, blood-red spot located about halfway down the underside of their throats. This sometimes oozes a white liquid, and is apparently glandular in nature.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sambar deer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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