Rusa timorensis is protected in Indonesia because the population is decreasing. It has small body where the males are bigger than females, a sunken forehead, short legs, relatively large incisors, a long tail, and yellowish-brown hair. The males have yellowish-brown hair all over the body, while the females have greyish-brown on the ventral of the feet, stomach, chin, and under part of the neck. The male has large, slender, long and forked antlers while in the females have no antlers.
Description
Population Size
Unknown
Life Span
15-20 years
WEIGHT
74-160 kg
LENGTH
83-110 cm
He
Herbivore
No
Nocturnal
Te
Terrestrial
Classification
KINGDOM
:
Animalia
PHYLUM
:
Chordata
CLASS
:
Mammalia
ORDER
:
Artiodactyla
FAMILY
:
Cervidae
GENUS
:
Rusa
SPECIES
:
Rusa timorensis