Javan Rusa vs Light Red Meranti

Rusa timorensis compared with Shorea smithiana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Javan Rusa	Light Red Meranti
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Rusa	Shorea
Species	Rusa timorensis	Shorea smithiana

Conservation Status

Javan Rusa

VU — Vulnerable

Light Red Meranti

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Javan Rusa	Light Red Meranti
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Javan Rusa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Mauritius, New Zealand, and Norway. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.