Population number. The Sambar stags location located have spread wide and far these days. According to the University of Michigan (Museum of Zoology) the population size of this species in India exceeds 50,000 individuals and in Australia Sambars number more than 5,000 individuals. GOOD NEWS: Koallah Farm owner Rachel Castle said the family's new venture could help tackle the state's growing deer population. … The Camperdown abattoir expects to process mostly Sambar deer harvested from the high country and alpine regions, as well as smaller volumes of Red and Fellow venison. Seven subspecies of the Javan rusa are recognised: R. t. timorensis (Timor rusa deer) – Timor. Changes in sambar deer abundance, and the consumption of sambar deer by dingoes and red foxes, in south‐east Australia, 1984–2013. Sambar deer stag at Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve.

The Javan rusa or Sunda sambar (Rusa timorensis) is a deer native to the islands of Indonesia and East Timor. Hopefully hunting regulation and wildlife reserves protecting habitat can help bolster their population. Fallow deer were first introduced into Tasmania prior to 1850 with releases taking place in all of the eastern states of Australia - they are not known to be present in either Western Australia or the Northern Territory, but populations are thriving in all other states. White-tailed deer also live on St. Vincent Island; however they inhabit the highlands while the sambar deer mostly live in the lowlands and marshes. The IUCN Red List and other sources don’t provide the number of the Sambar total population size. The largest non‐native population of hog deer exists in Australia, where a stable, continuous population occurs throughout the Gippsland region in Victoria (Scroggie, Forsyth, & Brumley, 2012). Sambar are the largest of Australia’s wild deer and the third largest of all deer species behind moose and wapiti. (c) Percentage of fox scats containing sambar deer. But you have to your advantage, a top notch Guide who knows his hunting area and knows Sambar Deer like no other.

G'day this is Aussie John and welcome to the Sambar Deer Hunting page. Four of them are Asiatic species (chital, hog, rusa and sambar) and two are European (Red and Fallow). Sadly, because of these factors, the IUCN lists sambars as Vulnerable and labels their population as decreasing. Introduced populations exist in a wide variety of locations in the Southern Hemisphere. Males may grow to 2.4m long and weigh 300kg, and females may grow to 2.4m long and weigh 230kg. The twelve-month season for stalking of Sambar Deer appears not to have any negative impacts on the success of the species, as anecdotal evidence suggests that the Sambar Deer population continues to extend its range, density appears to be increasing and harvest levels remain high.

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