Portrait of a female Sambar Deer taken in Khao Yai National Park in Nakon Nayok Province in Central Thailand

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This image is of a feamle Sambar Deer taken near the park Headquarters in Khao Yai National Park. The deer here are quite used to human activity and can be seen most mornings quite close to the buildings. 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. The sambar inhabits much of southern Asia (as far north as the south-facing slopes of the Himalayan Mountains), mainland Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula), southern China (including Hainan Island), Taiwan, and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.

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Size: 3269px × 2452px
Location: Khao Yai National Park, Nakon Nayok, Thailand
Photo credit: © Robert Kennett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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