Cerf de Timor vs pin-maritime

Rusa timorensis compared with Pinus pinaster

Key Differences

• Cerf de Timor is Vulnerable while pin-maritime is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cerf de Timor	pin-maritime
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Rusa	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Rusa timorensis	Pinus pinaster

Conservation Status

Cerf de Timor

VU — Vulnerable

pin-maritime

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cerf de Timor	pin-maritime
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cerf de Timor

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.

pin-maritime

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (6 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇳🇴 Norway