Open AccessGroup size pattern and distribution of threatened Sambar Rusa unicolor (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) in Moyar River Valley, India
Author(s) -
Vedagiri Thirumurugan,
Chandravilasam Sreedharan Nair Vishnu,
Nehru Prabakaran,
Chinnasamy Ramesh
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.7445.14.4.20926-20929
Subject(s) - tamil , threatened species , geography , ecology , biology , habitat , philosophy , linguistics
Sambars are usually observed as solitary or in small groups with fewer than six individuals. We discuss some insights on infrequent larger aggregations of Sambar based on our sighting records between January 2018 and January 2020 in the Moyar River Valley landscape of Tamil Nadu, southern India.