THERE IS debate between some hunters about whether sambar and rusa will hybridise in the wild, creating what are know as rubar. The answer is quite simple: they do. I have seen a sambar stag mounting a rusa hind and easily keeping three rusa stags at a distance. The extra body mass of sambar stags heavily skews the breeding rights towards them.
IN the long run, this is going to affect the rusa herd, as is demonstrated in the Illawarra where there are already many sambar and rubar walking around.
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