Javan rusa
（重定向自Rusa Deer）
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![Herd of rusa deer in Baluran National Park](/Images/godic/202502/08/Wild_Deers_near_Bama_Point,_Baluran5141.jpg")
![Javan rusa featured in 500-rupiah banknote.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Indonesia_1988_500r_o5141.jpg")
The Javan rusa or Sunda sambar (Rusa timorensis) is a deer native to the islands of Java, Bali and Timor (shared with East Timor) in Indonesia. It is also an introduced species in Irian Jaya, Borneo (Kalimantan), the Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Sulawesi, Pohnpei, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Christmas Islands, Cocos Islands, Nauru, Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, New Britain and New Ireland.