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Northern Red Muntjac
Muntiacus vaginalis (P. Boddaert, 1785)

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 vaginalis Boddaert, 1785 o
Muntiacus muntjak vaginalis (Boddaert, 1785)
Cervus melas Ogilby, 1839
Stylocerus muntjac Cantor, 1846
Stylocerus muntjacus Kelaart, 1852
Prox ratva Sundevall, 1846
Cervus ratwa Hodgson, 1833
Cervus stylocerus Schinz, 1844

Other names

= Barking Deer
= Indian Muntjac
= Indian Red Muntjac

Images

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis - North Indian Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis - North Indian Muntjac, male

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Muntiacus vaginalis - Northern Red Muntjac

male

Author: Surajit Koley

Muntiacus vaginalis - Northern Red Muntjac

Author: Surajit Koley

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis - North Indian Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis - North Indian Muntjac, female

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis - North Indian Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis - North Indian Muntjac, male

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis - North Indian Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis - North Indian Muntjac

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis - North Indian Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis - North Indian Muntjac, male

Author: Klaus Rudloff

juvenile animal

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis - North Indian Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis - North Indian Muntjac

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Muntiacus vaginalis curvostylis - Northern Red Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis curvostylis - Northern Red Muntjac

Author: B. Kao

Taxon in country check-lists*

* List of countries might not be complete

Intertaxon relationships

predator: Catopuma temminckii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) - Asian Golden Cat

parasite: Haemaphysalis ramachandrai Dhanda, Hoogstraal & Bhat, 1970, Oesophagostomum muntiacum Jian, 1989

Included taxa

Number of records: 8

subspecies Muntiacus vaginalis annamensis Kloss, 1928 - Annam Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis annamensis

subspecies Muntiacus vaginalis aureus (Hamilton Smith, 1826) - Indian Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis aureus

subspecies Muntiacus vaginalis curvostylis (Gray, 1872) - Myanmar Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis curvostylis

subspecies Muntiacus vaginalis guangdongensis Li & Xu, 1996 - Guangdong Muntjac
subspecies Muntiacus vaginalis menglalis Wang & Groves, 1988 - Laos Muntjac
subspecies Muntiacus vaginalis nigripes G. M. Allen, 1930 - Black-footed Muntjac
subspecies Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis (Boddaert, 1785) - North Indian Muntjac

Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis

subspecies Muntiacus vaginalis yunnanensis Ma & Wang, 1988 - Yunnan Red Muntjac

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [136551]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Muntiacus vaginalis (Boddaert, 1785)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 1.13 [1006338]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Muntiacus vaginalis (P. Boddaert, 1785)]
Data retrieved on: 8 November 2024
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 vaginalis (Boddaert, 1785)]

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