Yezo sika deer Yezo sika deer The Yezo sika deer ("Cervus nippon yesoensis)" is one of the many subspecies of the sika deer. The sika that inhabit the island of Hokkaido are indigenous, although it is not known whether they originated there or migrated from the main island of Japan. Is it thought they may have traveled across the strait between the islands. The indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido have hunted them for centuries and relied on them as a major food source. The Hokkaido sika one is the largest of the sika species with large stags approaching and sometimes exceeding 200 kg
Sika people Sika people The Sika (also Sikanese, Sikka or Sara Sikka) people are an Indonesian ethnic group native to the region of east central Flores between the Bloh and Napung Rivers. In the city of Maumere, the center of the region, Sika people occupy a separate block. The Sika language, which is a member of the Timor-Ambon language family, is spoken by the Sika people. The Sika language have at least three recognized dialects, namely "Sikka Natar" dialect, "Sara Krowe" dialect and "Ata Tana 'Ai" or "Sara Tana 'Ai" dialect. A group of mestizo from Sikka and Europeans settled in 1851