Sambar de Java vs Rooting Polypore

Rusa timorensis compared with Polyporus radicatus

Key Differences

Sambar de Java is Vulnerable while Rooting Polypore is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Sambar de Java	Rooting Polypore
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Artiodactyla (artiodáctilos)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Polyporaceae
Genus	Rusa	Polyporus
Species	Rusa timorensis	Polyporus radicatus

Conservation Status

Sambar de Java

VU — Vulnerable

Rooting Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Sambar de Java	Rooting Polypore
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.