“…Sambar ( Rusa unicolor )is the most widely spread deer in Asian continent (Chang et al, 2018; Chellappandian et al, 2014; Forsyth et al, 2014; Li, Ba, & Yang, 2016; Lin, Pei, Wang, & Liu, 2014; Oria et al, 2015; Radhakrishnan et al, 2012; Somma, Moura, Lange, Medeiros, & Montiani-Ferreira, 2016),that range from Sri Lanka(Rajapaksha, Thilakaratne, Chandrasiri, & Niroshan, 2002), India(Ajith Kumar et al, 2018; Pothana, Devi, & Goel, 2017), Southern Nepal(Thapa & Kelly, 2017), Burma(Gupta et al, 2018),throughout Southern China (Lin et al, 2014) and in South-Eastern Asia to the Pacific Coast and the islands of Borneo and Hainan (Ajith Kumar et al, 2018; Bhattacharjee & Franzmann, 1986; Brodie et al, 2015; Brodie, Helmy, Brockelman, & Maron, 2009; Hoogstraal & Wassef, 1982; Ismail & Jiwan, 2015; Jerrett, Slee, & Robertson, 1990). For the family Cervidae, most of the knowledge on reproductive biology has been originated from studies of temperate species that exhibit a distinct seasonal cycle of reproductive behavior and antler growth in males (Bhattacharjee & Franzmann, 1986; Chan, Tsai, Chen, Tung, & Chang, 2009; Lin et al, 2014; Muir et al, 1997; Vongpralub et al, 2015).…”