Cerf de Timor vs Root-headed Centaury

Rusa timorensis compared with Centaurea rhizocalathium

Key Differences

• Cerf de Timor is Vulnerable while Root-headed Centaury is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cerf de Timor	Root-headed Centaury
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Rusa	Centaurea
Species	Rusa timorensis	Centaurea rhizocalathium

Conservation Status

Cerf de Timor

VU — Vulnerable

Root-headed Centaury

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cerf de Timor	Root-headed Centaury
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.

Root-headed Centaury

Habitat

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