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SPECIES Rusa timorensis
Author: | de Blainville, 1822. | Citation: | J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts Paris, 94: 267. | Common Name: | Javan Rusa | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Isls, "Timor" Isl. | Distribution: | Indonesia, Sunda Isls; autochthonous on Bali, and Java; probably introduced in antiquity to Lesser Sunda Isls, Molucca Isls (including Buru and Seram), Sulawesi, and Timor; since 17th century, introduced to Borneo (Kalimantan; now extinct?), New Guinea, New Britain, Aru Isls, Mauritius, Comoro Isls, Madagascar (extinct?), Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and small islands in Indonesia and off the coast of Australia. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Revised by Van Bemmel (1949a). Includes tavistocki; see Grubb and Groves (1983). |
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