#0500 · 🦊 mammals

Javan Rusa

🇳🇱 Javaans Hert ·Rusa timorensis

VUvulnerable 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ben Tsai蔡維哲 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Bob McDougall · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Imanol · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Christine Rand · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © jangorski · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Woraphot Bunkhwamdi · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Jason Alexander · CC BY 4.0
8. © Jason Alexander · CC BY 4.0
9. © rjaffrey · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Jafet Potenzo Lopes · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Javan rusa or Sunda sambar ( Rusa timorensis ) is a deer native to the islands of Indonesia and East Timor. Introduced populations exist in a wide variety of locations in the Southern Hemisphere.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,864iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,864 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1822 (204 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.