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Giant Muntjac - Definition and Overview

Giant Muntjac
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Suborder:Ruminantia
Family:Cervidae
Genus:Muntiacus
Species:vuquangensis
Binomial name
Muntiacus vuquangensis
Wemmer et al. 1998


Giant Muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis) is a species of muntjac deer. It is the largest muntjac species and was discovered in 1994 in Vu Quang, Ha Tinh province of Vietnam and in central Laos.

It is a medium-sized deer, most closely related to the Indian Muntjac (or Common Muntjac).

Reference

  • Giant Muntjac (http://www.wwfindochina.org/conservation/species/tmuntjac.htm), WWF Indochina.
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