Species Cervus timorensis Blainville, 1822

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Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Haltenorth, T. 1963. Klassifikation der Säugetiere: Artiodactyla. Handbuch der Zoologie Berlin 8(teil 1, lfg. 32): 1-167 pls 1-16 [59] (giving taxonomic arrangements and extralimital synonyms)
• Hickman, G.C. 1981. National mammal guides: a review of references to Recent faunas. Mammal Review 11: 53-85 (for extra-limital synonymies and alternative taxonomic arrangements)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Quoy, [J.R.C.] & Gaimard, [J.P.] 1830. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par Ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sur le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 1 268 pp. 59 pls. [publication date established from Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Dates of publication of the zoological and botanical portions of some French voyages. - Part 2. Ferret and Galinier's 'Voyage en Abyssinie'; Lefebres' 'Voyage en Abyssinie'; 'Exploration scientifique de l'Algerie'; Castelnau's 'Amerique du Sud'; Dumont d'Urvilles 'Voyage de l'Astrolabe'; Laplace's 'Voyage sur la Favorite'; Jacquemonts' 'Voyage dans l'Inde'; Tréhouarts' 'Commission scientifique de' Islande'; Cailliaud, 'Voyage à Méroé'; 'Expedition scientifique de Morée'; Fabre, 'Commission scientifique du Nord'; Du Petit-Thouars, 'Voyage de la Venus'; and on the dates of the 'Faune Française'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 333–336[333]]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Islands of Gulf of Carpentaria.

Introduced from Indonesia & Malaysia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Folivore, gregarious, herbivore, open forest, terrestrial.

 

General References

Anderson, R. 1978. Gold on Four Feet.Commercial deer farming: a new rural industry of outstanding potential. Collingwood : R. Anderson & Assoc. 160 pp.

Anderson, R. 1979. Deer farming in Australia. Proceedings of the Post-graduate Committee of Veterinary Science University of Sydney 49: 55-71

Anon. 2002. Royal National Park Deer Management Strategy. Sutherland, New South Wales : NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney South Region.

Bentley, A. 1978. An Introduction to the Deer of Australia with Special Reference to Victoria. Melbourne : R.A. Manning for the Koetong Trust Service Fund, Forests Comm., Vic. 350 pp.

Bentley, A. 1995. Rusa Deer Cervus timorensis. pp. 736-737 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Bentley, A. 1998. An Introduction to the Deer of Australia. Melbourne : Australian Deer Research Foundation.

English, A.W. 1979. Veterinary aspects of deer farming in New South Wales. Proceedings of the Post-graduate Committee of Veterinary Science University of Sydney 49: 127-202-1 pl.

Haltenorth, T. 1963. Klassifikation der Säugetiere: Artiodactyla. Handbuch der Zoologie Berlin 8(teil 1, lfg. 32): 1-167 pls 1-16

Hamilton, C.A. 1979. Aspects of the ecology of feral rusa deer in N.S.W. Proceedings of the Post-graduate Committee of Veterinary Science University of Sydney 49: 85-92

Keep, J.M. 1979. The distribution of wild deer in Australia. Proceedings of the Post-graduate Committee of Veterinary Science University of Sydney 49: 15-19 1 pl.

Letts, G.A., Bassingthwaighte, A. & de Vos, W.E.L. 1979. Feral Animals in the Northern Territory. Report of the Board of Inquiry 1979. N.T. : Govt. Printer xvi 234 pp.

Long, J.L. 1972. Introduced birds and mammals in Western Australia. Agricultural Protection Board Western Australia Technical Service 1: 1-30

Moriarty, A. 2004. Ecology and environmntal impact of Javan Rusa deer (Cervus timorensis) in the Royal National Park. PhD thesis, Sydney : University of Western Sydney.

Moriarty, A. 2004. The liberation, distribution and management of wild deer in Australia. Wildlife Research 31: 291-299

Van Bemmel, A.C.V. 1949. Review of the rusine deer in the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Treubia 20: 191-262 pls 2-5

Whitehead, G.K. 1972. Deer of the World. London : Constable xii 194 pp. 33 pls.

Whitehead, G.K. 1993. The Whitehead Encyclopedia of Deer. Shrewsbury : Swan Hill Press.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Rusa Deer)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Dec-2010		17-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)