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Southern Red Muntjac
Muntiacus muntjak (E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates »  family Cervidae - deer and moose »  genus Muntiacus - muntjacs

Scientific synonyms

Cervus muntjak Zimmermann, 1780 o
Muntiacus bancanus Lyon, 1906
Cervulus moschatus Blainville, 1816
Cervus pleiharicus Kohlbrugge, 1896
Muntiacus rubidus Lyon, 1911

Other names

= Barking Deer
= Indian Muntjac
= Kakar

Type taxon of:Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815 (Cervus muntjak Zimmermann, 1780)

Images

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac, male

Author: Roland Wirth

Muntiacus muntjak - Southern Red Muntjac

Author: Jan Havránek

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Author: Roland Wirth

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac, female

Author: Roland Wirth

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak - Javan Red Muntjac

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Taxon in country check-lists*

* List of countries might not be complete

Intertaxon relationships

predator: Catopuma temminckii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) - Asian Golden Cat, Neofelis nebulosa (Griffith, 1821) - Clouded Leopard, Panthera tigris corbetti Mazák, 1968 - Indochinese Tiger, Panthera tigris sumatrae Pocock, 1929 - Sumatran Tiger

Included taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Muntiacus muntjak muntjak Zimmerman, 1780 - Javan Red Muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak

subspecies Muntiacus muntjak peninsulae Lydekker, 1915
subspecies Muntiacus muntjak pleiharicus (Kohlbrugge, 1896) - Bornean Red Muntjac

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [42190]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Muntiacus muntjak (Zimmermann, 1780)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 2.1 [1006332]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Muntiacus muntjak (E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)]
Data retrieved on: 29 May 2025
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Muntiacus muntjak Zimmermann, 1780]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Muntiacus muntjak (Zimmermann, 1780)]
CZ Pluháček J., Hrabina P. & Robovský J. (2011): České názvy živočichů. Savci (Mammalia). Dodatek 2 – jelenovití (Cervidae), kabarovití (Moschidae) a kančilovití (Tragulidae), Lynx, n. s. (Praha) 42: 281–296 [as Muntiacus muntjak (Zimmermann, 1780)]

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