Muntiacus Rafinesque 1815 (muntjak)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Alternative spelling: Muntjaccus

Parent taxon: Muntiacini according to P. Mackiewicz et al. 2022

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Grubb 2000, Hassanin and Douzery 2003 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Elaphodus, Eostylocerus, Euprox, Megamuntiacus

Subtaxa: Muntiacus atherodes Muntiacus bohlini Muntiacus crinifrons Muntiacus feae Muntiacus fenghoensis Muntiacus gongshanensis Muntiacus lacustris Muntiacus leilaoensis Muntiacus montanus Muntiacus moschatus Muntiacus muntjak Muntiacus nanus Muntiacus noringenensis Muntiacus puhoatensis Muntiacus putaoensis Muntiacus reevesi Muntiacus rooseveltorum Muntiacus truongsonensis Muntiacus vuquangensis Muntiacus zhaotongensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (14 collections), Indonesia (5), Taiwan (2), Thailand (2), Vietnam (2)

• Pliocene of China (1), Moldova (1), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), Ukraine (1)

• Baodean of China (2)

• Miocene of China (10)

Total: 42 collections including 47 occurrences

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