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Cervus (australia)
3 species
| Common Deer or Red Deer || Rusa, Timor or Javan Deer || Sambar deer, Rusa |
| Cervus elaphus || Cervus timorensis || Cervus unicolor |  | Commun name : Common Deer or Red Deer
Latin name : Cervus elaphus (Linnaeus 1758)
Localisation : western Europe, northwestern Africa, Asia (western China, northwestern America)
Habitat : clear broad-leaved forests, mountains, plains, heather fields.
Size : 1,6 to 2,5 m length
To have more details go to the Behavior part of this site. To see pictures, click here | 0 sub-species |
 | Commun name : Rusa, Timor or Javan Deer
Latin name : Cervus timorensis (Blainville 1822)
Localisation : Java, Bali, Timor, introduce in Australia, New-Zealand, New-Caledonnia
Habitat :
Size :
Very few information. To see pictures, click here | 0 sub-species |
 | Commun name : Sambar deer, Rusa
Latin name : Cervus unicolor (Kerr 1792)
Localisation : India and Sri Lanka east to south China, Hainan Islands and Taiwan; Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Siberut, Sipora ... Introduce in Autralia and New Zealand.
Habitat : forests
Size : 1,25 m high, 226 kg
A brown coat with orange spots from time to time, fur thick and straight. Social animal with bucks whose can gathered during the mating period (nov, dec in central India) 5 to 12 does. Then they return to an alone life. Nightly activity, it stays during the day in the thicket. Swim easily. To see pictures, click here | 0 sub-species |
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