Philippine Deer
Rusa marianna (Desmarest, 1822)
Also calledBinådu (cha) · Cerf des Philippines (fra) · Cervo delle Filippine (ita) · Filipiini sambar (est) · Filipijnse Sambar (nld) · Filippinerhjort (nob) · Fülöp-szigeteki számbárszarvas (hun) · Philippinen-Hirsch (deu) · Philippinenhirsch (deu) · Sambar Filipino (spa) · filippiinienkauris (fin) · sambar filipiński (pol) · sambar luzonský (ces) · Филиппинский замбар (rus)
First described in: Mammalogie, in Encycl. Meth. vol.2 p.436
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. The Philippine Brown Deer becomes active in the evenings and continues to feed throughout the night until dawn. They spend most of the day resting, hidden in dense vegetation.
Cervidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. It formerly occurred in primary and secondary forests up to 2900 m above sea level, including wooded lowlands and forested slopes.
Cervidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. During the mating season, females may form small groups of up to eight individuals, but the males remain solitary and are aggressive.
Cervidae
breeding
Breeding. Breeding most commonly occurs from September to January, with females giving birth to a single fawn marked with pale spots, which disappear after a few weeks.
Cervidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7261388.