What is Javan rusa?
{{Speciesbox | name = Javan rusa<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Artiodactyla | id = 14200445 | page = 670 | heading = Rusa timorensis}}</ref> | image = Javan Deer couple - Baluran NP - East Java (29505339513).jpg | image_caption = Male and Female at [[Baluran National Park]], [[East Java]], Indonesia | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Hedges, S.|author2=Duckworth, J.W.|author3=Timmins, R.J.|author4=Semiadi, G.|author5=Priyono, A.|name-list-style=amp|year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41789/0|title=''Rusa timorensis''|access-date=9 April 2009}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of vulnerable.</ref> | taxon = Rusa timorensis | authority = ([[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|Blainville]], 1822) | range_map = Rusa timorensis natural range-map.png | range_map_caption = Present distribution within the native range, including possible ancient introductions | synonyms = {{collapsible list| |''Cervus celebensis'' {{small|Rorig, 1896}} |''Cervus hippelaphus'' {{small|G.Q. Cuvier, 1825 [preoccupied)]}} |''Cervus lepidus'' {{small|Sundevall, 1846}} |''Cervus moluccensis'' {{small|Quoy & Gaimard, 1830}} |''Cervus peronii'' {{small|Cuvier, 1825}} |''Cervus russa'' {{small|Muller & Schlegel, 1845}} |''Cervus tavistocki'' {{small|Lydekker, 1900}} |''Cervus timorensis'' {{small|Blainville, 1822}} |''Cervus timorensis'' ssp. ''rusa'' {{small|Muller & Schlegel, 1845}} |''Cervus tunjuc'' {{small|Horsfield, 1830 [nomen nudum]}} }} }} The '''Javan rusa''' or '''Sunda sambar''' (''Rusa timorensis'') is a [[deer]] which lives on the islands of [[Java (island)|Java]], [[Bali]] and [[Timor]]. It is also an [[introduced species]] to [[Irian Jaya]], [[Borneo]] (Kalimantan) the [[Lesser Sunda Islands]], [[Maluku]], [[Sulawesi]], [[Australia]], [[Mauritius]], [[New Caledonia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Réunion]].<ref name=iucn/> The deer lives in a [[habitat]] similar to that of the [[Chital]] of India, that is, open dry and mixed