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Javan rusa
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<p>The Javan rusa or Sunda sambar (<i>Rusa timorensis</i>) is a large <a href="/facts/Deer/Sl8mHfp2">deer</a> <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> <a href="/facts/Native_species/03kpM3rf">native</a> to <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a> and <a href="/facts/East_Timor/IBQ69BRj">East Timor</a>. Introduced populations exist in a wide variety of locations in the <a href="/facts/Southern_Hemisphere/QfJ4z9L5">Southern Hemisphere</a>. <i>Rusa</i> is the <a href="/facts/Malay_language/2T6pPtgv">Malay</a> word for "deer" in general as well as lending to name of <a href="/facts/Rusa_(genus)/AdyfzzeH">its own genus</a>. </p>