Cerf de Timor vs Mountain-ash

Rusa timorensis compared with Sorbus alnifolia

Key Differences

• Cerf de Timor is Vulnerable while Mountain-ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cerf de Timor	Mountain-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Rusa	Sorbus
Species	Rusa timorensis	Sorbus alnifolia

Conservation Status

Cerf de Timor

VU — Vulnerable

Mountain-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cerf de Timor	Mountain-ash
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.

Mountain-ash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway