A young female Sambar Deer (Rusa unicolor) close to the headquarters of a wildlife sanctuary in Thailand

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The Sambar Deer (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. It is distributed in much of South Asia as far north as the south-facing slopes of the Himalayas in Nepal and India, in mainland Southeast Asia including Burma, Thailand, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, South China including Hainan Island, Taiwan, and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo.

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Size: 6760px × 4504px
Location: Phukieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand
Photo credit: © Robert Kennett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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