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RUSA FACTS |
Description
Rusa are a medium sized deer. The coarse coat is dark grey-brown in winter and reddish brown after summer moult. The underside is cream or pale grey. Some males have a white throat patch. The tail is fairly long and pointed with dark tip. Males have three-tined antlers that are shed in summer and regrow each winter. Stags develop a mane during winter. New calves have a rich tan coat with no spots.
Size
Length: 1.5m - 1.8m. Tail length: 18cm - 25cm. Weight 50g - 120kg
Habitat
grassy plains bordered by dense brush or woodlands for shelter
Food
grass, herbaceous plants
Breeding
Females give birth to a single calf after a gestation period of about 8-9 months.
Range
Rusa deer are native to South-East Asia. In Australia they are found in the Royal National Park outside Sydney and on the islands of Torres Strait.
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Artiodactyla | | Family: | Cervidae | | Genus: | Cervus | | Species: | timorensis | | Common Name: | Rusa |
Relatives in same Genus
Red Deer (C. elaphus)
Hog Deer (C. porcinus)
Sambar (C. unicolor)
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