Cervus timorensis Blainville, 1822

Peter Grubb, 1993, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 377-414 : 387

Cervus timorensis Blainville, 1822 . J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts Paris, 94:267.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Isis, Timor Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Java; Bali and probably introduced in antiquity to Lesser Sunda Isis, Molucca Isis (including Buru and Seram), Sulawesi and Timor ( Indonesia). Since 17th century, introduced to Kalimantan (Borneo, extinct?), New Guinea, New Britain, Aru Isis ( Indonesia), Mauritius, Comoro Isis, Madagascar (extinct?), Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and small islands in Indonesia and off the coast of Australia.

SYNONYMS: buruensis, djonga, fioresiensis, hippelaphus, hoevellianus, javanicus , laronesiotes, lepidus, macassaricus, menadensis, moluccensis, peronii, renschi, russa, sumbavanus, tavistocki, tunjuc.

COMMENTS: Revised by Van Bemmel (1949a). Includes tavistocki; see Grubb and Groves (1983).