hippelaphus

Updated: May 12, 2025

The only Moluccan ruminant is a deer, which was once supposed to be a distinct species, but is now generally considered to be a slight variety of the Rusa hippelaphus of Java.

Alfred Russel Wallace - The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2

Three species which have a tolerably wide range in the Archipelago, are: The curious Lemur, Tarsius spectrum, which is found in all the islands as far westward as Malacca; the common Malay Civet, Viverra tangalunga, which has a still wider range; and a Deer, which seems to be the same as the Rusa hippelaphus of Java, and was probably introduced by man at an early period.

Alfred Russel Wallace - The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1