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| Muntjac Temporal range: Miocene to present
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| Adult female and offspring (Muntiacus muntjak) in Malaysia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Cervinae |
| Tribe: | Muntiacini |
| Genus: | Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815 |
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| Cervus muntjak Zimmerman, 1780
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| Geographic range | |
Muntjacs (/mʌntdʒæk/ MUNT-jak),[1] also known as the barking deer[2] or rib-faced deer,[2] are small deer of the genus Muntiacus native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. Muntjacs are thought to have begun appearing 15–35 million years ago, with remains found in Miocene deposits in France, Germany[3] and Poland.[4] Most are listed as least-concern species or Data Deficient by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), although others such as the black muntjac, Bornean yellow muntjac, and giant muntjac are vulnerable, near threatened, and critically endangered, respectively.[5][6]
- ^ Wells, John (3 April 2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
- ^ a b "Notes and comments – The alien deer of the Chilterns". New Scientist. 9 April 1959. p. 784. (URL is Google Books)
- ^ Baynes, T. S.; Smith, W. R., eds. (1884). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- ^ Czyżewska, Teresa; Stefaniak, Krzysztof (December 1994). "Euprox furcatus (Hensel, 1859) (Cervidae, Mammalia) from Przeworno (Middle Miocene, Lower Silesia, Poland)" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 37 (1): 55–74.
- ^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Muntiacus vaginalis". 25 September 2015.
- ^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Muntiacus Muntjak". 18 November 2015.
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