Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alternative spelling: Muntjaccus
Synonym: Cervulus de Blainville 1816
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, Palmer 1904 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
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (18 collections), India (3), Indonesia (5), Laos (1), Malaysia (2), Taiwan (2), Thailand (4), Vietnam (2)
• Pliocene of China (1), Moldova (1), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), Ukraine (1)
• Baodean of China (2)
• Miocene of China (11)
Total: 55 collections including 60 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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