THE RUSA DEER, 
Cermis rusa. 
Plate XVI. 
The Rusine Deer of India and the neighbouring countries, form a distinct group from the true Stags ( Cervus) 
of the northern parts of the Old and New Worlds. They are distinguished by their coarse uniform coat of hair 
and by the lesser development of their antlers, which are short in the beam, and attain but three points at 
most. 
The Zoological Society possess examples of six Deer belonging to this group. These are the Sambur Deer 
of Continental India ( Cervus aristotelis); the Rusa of Java (C. rusa), represented in Mr. Wolf’s present sketch; 
the Moluccan Deer (O. moluccensis) of the Moluccas; the Timor Deer (C. timoriensis ) of Timor; the Swinhoe’s 
Deer (C. swinhoti) of the Island of Formosa; and the little Kuhl’s Deer (C. kuhlii) of the Bavian Islands. 
Some of the continental gardens likewise contain specimens of another species of this section—the dark- 
colored Equine Deer (C. equinus) of Borneo. 
The Sambur and Rusa Deer both breed readily in the Society’s Gardens, and the former animal seems to 
be well adapted for a Deer-park, attaining, as it does, a considerable size, and being quite hardy enough to 
bear our winters. The Rusa Deer is not so large, and perhaps rather more delicate, but nevertheless does 
well enough in the Regent’s Park, without any further shelter than a boarded shed. 
