Deviltree vs Sambar de Java

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Rusa timorensis

Key Differences

• Deviltree is Least Concern while Sambar de Java is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Deviltree	Sambar de Java
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Artiodactyla (artiodáctilos)
Family	Apocynaceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Alstonia	Rusa
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Rusa timorensis

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Sambar de Java

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Deviltree	Sambar de Java
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Sambar de Java

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.