Javan Rusa
Rusa timorensis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 986
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
The Javan rusa or Sunda sambar (Rusa timorensis) is a large deer species native to Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Introduced populations exist in a wide variety of locations in the Southern Hemisphere. Rusa is the Malay word for "deer" in general as well as lending the name to its own genus.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Javan rusa”.