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🦌Javan rusa

Rusa timorensis (Blainville, 1822)

El sambar de Java​ o ciervo de Timor (Rusa timorensis) es una especie de mamífero artiodáctilo de la familia Cervidae autóctono de Java y Bali; se introdujo en la antigüedad en las Molucas, las pequeñas islas de la Sonda y Célebes. Existen dos subespecies principales, la de Java y la de las Molucas, algo menor. Entre sus depredadores se encuentra el dragón de Komodo.​ Ha sido introducido en tiempos históricos en las islas de Amboina, Mauricio, Comores, y más recientemente en Madagascar, en Brasil, Australia, Nueva Caledonia y Nueva Zelanda con fines cinegéticos.

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Also called
Rusa, Javan Deer, Rusa Deer, Sunda Sambar, Timor Deer
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
63 kg
Body length
1.74 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
21 years
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Everything we know about the Javan rusa

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
63 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 63 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
1.74 m
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Brain mass
186 g
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Maximum lifespan
21 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 21 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
5 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
1.8 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Gestation
255 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 251 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
1
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
63 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Javan rusa yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
Rusa timorensis (es), Cerf rusa (fr), sörényes szarvas (hu), russa (ca), Mähnenhirsch (de), אייל טימור (he) … and 21 more languages
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