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Large-antlered Muntjac
Muntiacus vuquangensis (Tuoc, Dung, Dawson, Arctander & Mackinnon, 1994)
Also calledMuntjac géant (fra) · Riesenmuntjak (deu) · Jattemuntjak (swe) · Kaempemuntjak (dan) · Muntjac Gigante (spa) · Muntjac geant (fra)
First described in: Science and Technology news. Forest Inventory and Planning Institue (Hanoi) p.5
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix I as Megamuntiacus vuquanghensis [sic]. Locally relatively abundant but its restriction to upland forests suggests it should be classified as Potentially At Risk (Duckworth et al. 1993).
Order Artiodactyla
discussion
Discussion: Distribution and status in Laos reviewed by Timmins et al (1998). Placed in genus Muntiacus by Amato et al. (2000), Giao et al (1998), and Schaller and Vrba (1996).
Order Artiodactyla
materials_examined
Type Locality: " Vu Quang Nature Reserve in Ha tinh province of Vietnam ".
Order Artiodactyla
activity
Activity patterns. The periods of activity have not been documented, butit is likely diurnal, like most other muntjacs.
Cervidae
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Every page naming Muntiacus vuquangensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4262425.