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Rusa
	Sambar
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Cervinae
Tribe:	Cervini
Genus:	Rusa; C. H. Smith, 1827
Type species
	Cervus unicolor;
Species
	See text

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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.^[1]

Three of the four species have relatively small distributions in the Philippines and Indonesia, but the sambar is more widespread, ranging from India east and north to China and south to the Greater Sundas. All are threatened by habitat loss and hunting in their native ranges, but three of the species have also been introduced elsewhere.

The genus name derives from Malay rusa, meaning "deer."^[2]

Species

Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
Rusa alfredi	Visayan spotted deer, Philippine spotted deer	The Philippines.
Rusa marianna	Philippine brown deer or Philippine sambar	Negros-Panay, Babuyan/Batanes, Palawan & the Sulu Faunal Regions, Philippines.
Rusa timorensis	Javan or Timor rusa, or Sunda sambar	East Timor; Indonesian islands of Flores, Gili Motang, Komodo and Rinca.
Rusa unicolor	Sambar, Indian sambar-deer, Malayan sambar	Most of the temperate, subtropical & tropical Indian subcontinent south of the Himalayas (incl. Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka), mainland Southeast Asia (incl. Cambodia, Laos, Malaysian mainland, Myanmar, edges of Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam), Brunei, Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra), southern China (including Hainan Island) and Taiwan.

References

^ Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004). Evolution and phylogeny of old world deer. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 880–895.
^ "Australian Deer Association". Australian Deer Association.

[1] Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004). Evolution and phylogeny of old world deer. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 880–895.

[2] "Australian Deer Association". Australian Deer Association.

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+{{Short description|Genus of mammals belonging to the deer family}}
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-'''''Rusa''''' is a [[genus]] of deer from southern [[Asia]]. They have traditionally been included in ''[[Cervus]]'', and [[Genetics|genetic]] evidence suggests this may be more appropriate than their present placement in a separate genus.<ref>Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004). ''Evolution and phylogeny of old world deer.'' Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 880–895.</ref>
+'''''Rusa''''' is a [[genus]] of deer from southern Asia. They have traditionally been included in ''[[Cervus]]'', and [[Genetics|genetic]] evidence suggests this may be more appropriate than their present placement in a separate genus.<ref>Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004). ''Evolution and phylogeny of old world deer.'' Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 880–895.</ref>
-Three of the four species have relatively small distributions in the [[Philippines]] and [[Indonesia]], but the [[Sambar (deer)|sambar]] is more widespread, ranging from [[India]] east and north to [[People's Republic of China|China]] and south to the [[Greater Sundas]]. All are [[Threatened species|threatened]] by [[habitat loss]] and hunting in their native ranges, but three of the species have also been [[Introduced species|introduced]] elsewhere.
+Three of the four species have relatively small distributions in the Philippines and Indonesia, but the [[Sambar (deer)|sambar]] is more widespread, ranging from India east and north to China and south to the [[Greater Sundas]]. All are [[Threatened species|threatened]] by [[habitat loss]] and hunting in their native ranges, but three of the species have also been [[Introduced species|introduced]] elsewhere.
+The genus name derives from [[Malay language|Malay]] ''rusa'', meaning "deer."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austdeer.com.au/page/rusa-deer|title=Australian Deer Association|website=Australian Deer Association}}</ref>
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+! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution
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-|[[File:Cervus alfredi5.jpg|120px]] || ''[[Rusa alfredi]]''  || Visayan spotted deer, Philippine spotted deer||  Philippines
+|[[File:Cervus alfredi5.jpg|120px]] || ''[[Rusa alfredi]]''  || Visayan spotted deer, Philippine spotted deer||  The [[Philippines]].
 |-
-|[[File:Cervus mariannus.jpg|120px]] || ''[[Rusa marianna]]''  || Philippine Brown Deer or Philippine sambar || Negros-Panay, Babuyan/Batanes, Palawan, Sulu Faunal Regions
+|[[File:Cervus mariannus.jpg|120px]] || ''[[Rusa marianna]]''  || Philippine brown deer or Philippine sambar || [[Negros, Philippines|Negros]]-[[Panay]], [[Babuyan]]/[[Batanes]], [[Palawan]] & the  [[Sulu]] Faunal Regions, Philippines.
 |-
-|[[File:Javan Deer stag - Baluran NP - East Java (30049870271).jpg|120px]] || ''[[Rusa timorensis]]''  || Javan rusa or Sunda sambar || Indonesia and East Timor.
+|[[File:Javan Deer stag - Baluran NP - East Java (30049870271).jpg|120px]] || ''[[Rusa timorensis]]''  || Javan or Timor rusa, or Sunda sambar || [[East Timor]]; [[Indonesian islands]] of [[Flores]], [[Gili Motang]], [[Komodo (island)|Komodo]] and [[Rinca]].
 |-
-|[[File:Sambar deer.JPG|120px]] || ''[[Rusa unicolor]]''  || sambar ||  Himalayas, mainland Southeast Asia including Burma, Thailand, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, South China including Hainan Island, Taiwan, and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo
+|[[File:Sambar deer.JPG|120px]] || ''[[Rusa unicolor]]''  || Sambar, Indian sambar-deer, Malayan sambar ||  Most of the temperate, subtropical & tropical [[Indian subcontinent]] south of the [[Himalayas]] (incl. [[Bangladesh]], [[Nepal]], [[Sri Lanka]]), mainland [[Southeast Asia]] (incl. [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], [[Malaysian mainland]], [[Myanmar]], edges of [[Singapore]], [[Thailand]], [[Vietnam]]), [[Brunei]], [[Indonesia]] ([[Borneo]], [[Sumatra]]), [[South China|southern China]] (including [[Hainan Island]]) and [[Taiwan]].
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