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Rusa Deer
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Rusa Deer

Rusa

Rusa is a genus of deer from southern Asia. They have traditionally been included in Cervus, and genetic evidence suggests this may be more appropriate than their present placement in a separate genus.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Sambar

speciesRusa unicolor

Javan Rusa

speciesRusa timorensis

Philippine Spotted Deer

speciesRusa alfredi

Philippine Brown Deer

speciesRusa marianna

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Rusa Deer in Book of Herbs

Book of Herbs

Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.703

Rusa Deer in The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise

Alfred Russel Wallace · 1869 · p.304

Rusa Deer in Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr · 1771 · p.337

Rusa Deer in A New Herbal, or History of Plants

A New Herbal, or History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.267

Rusa Deer in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.727

Rusa Deer in Description of Less Known and Rare Plants

Description of Less Known and Rare Plants

Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.455

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71909.