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Muntiacus moschatus

Osteichthyes - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Cervus moschatus was named by Blainville (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Muntiacus muntjac moschatus by Chasen (1940); it was recombined as Muntiacus moschatus by Lyon (1906), Miller (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. muntiacus, M. pliocaenicus, M. polonicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Cervus moschatus Blainville p. 77
1906Muntiacus moschatus Lyon p. 582
1940Muntiacus muntjac moschatus Chasen p. 203
1942Muntiacus moschatus Miller, Jr. p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
subfamilyCervinaeGoldfuss 1820
tribeMuntiaciniPockock 1923
genusMuntiacusRafinesque 1815
speciesmoschatus(Blainville 1816)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Muntiacus moschatus Blainville 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available