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Red Muntjac
Muntiacus muntjak (Zimmermann, 1780)
Also calledCerf aboyeur (fra) · Hint munçağı (tur) · Indiai muntyákszarvas (hun) · Indijos muntjakas (lit) · Indischer Muntjak (deu) · Indisk Muntjak (dan) · Java-Muntjak (deu) · Javaanse Muntjak (nld) · Kijang (msa) · Kijang Biasa (ind) · Mang Ấn Độ (vie) · Mundżak (pol) · Mundżak indyjski (pol) · Muntjac indien (fra)
First described in: Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere vol.2 p.131
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Indian Muntjac is distributed throughout the state of Assam in deciduous, evergreen and secondary forests. But this species was observed only once during the study period near the village areas under Kimin Beat office. This species is recognized as a species of Least Concern as per the IUCN Red List and is listed as a Schedule III species under the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (Table 1). Local hunters often target Muntjac for its meat and skin, commonly traded in local village markets. Additionally, the species faces significant threats from anthropogenic activities like deforestation.
Mammalian diversity and conservation status in and around Ranga Reserve Forest, Lakhimpur, Assam, India
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. muntjak Zimmermann 1780 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. annamensis Kloss 1928 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. aureus C. H. Smith 1826 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. curvostylis Gray 1872 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. guangdongensis Li and Xu 1996 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. malabaricus Lydekker 1915 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. menglalis Wang and Groves 1988 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. montanus Robinson and Kloss 1918 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. nigripes G. M. Allen 1930 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. vaginalis Boddaert 1785 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. yunnanensis Ma and Wang 1988
Order Artiodactyla
discussion
Discussion: Includes pleiharicus, listed as a distinct species by Chasen (1940: 203), and vaginalis. Haltenorth (1963: 40) included reevesi, feae, rooseveltorum and crinifrons. Distinctive differences in karyotype between single peninsular Malayan specimen (2 N = 8) and other mainland populations (2 n = 6 or 7) suggest possible division between Malesian and Continental semispecies (Groves and Grubb, 1987). Groves (2003) treated the Continental vaginalis (including subspecies aureus, malabaricus and others) as a species separate from muntjak.
Order Artiodactyla
distribution
Distribution: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, S China (S Tibet and Yunnan to Guangdong), India, Laos, peninsular Malaya, Nepal, NE Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Sunda Isls (Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali, Lombok, and many smaller Indonesian islands).
Order Artiodactyla
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2440943.