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The southern red muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) is a deer species native to Southeast Asia. It was formerly known as the Indian muntjac or the common muntjac before the species was taxonomically revised to represent only populations of Sunda and perhaps Malaysia .
Muntjac are of great interest in evolutionary studies because of their dramatic chromosome variations and the recent discovery of several new species. The Southern red muntjac ( M. muntjak ) is the mammal with the lowest recorded chromosome number: The male has a diploid number of 7, the female only 6 chromosomes.
Articles relating to the Muntjac, 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 and Poland.
But India’s biggest deer of all, the 600-pound sambar, because of its size, is the preferred prey of tigers, wherever the sambar exist. The shaggy, dark brown sambar possess big antlers, with ...
The northern red muntjac occurs in twelve countries of south-central and south-east Asia including Pakistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. [1] It is also present in Hong Kong. Its presence in Malaysia is uncertain. [1] Muntjac at Tadoba National Park, India
Smaller herbivores include the Indian muntjac (100 in the 1972 census), wild boar (431 in 1999), barking deer and hog deer (5045 in 1999). [ 6 ] [ 2 ] The park has a large variety of primates including all free roaming primates in India with the exception of the endemic Western Ghats primates and the newly discovered Arunachal macaque .
Wildlife population. ... This list of mammals of India comprises all the mammal species alive in India today. ... Leaf muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis) [52]
The Malabar red muntjak (Muntiacus malabaricus) is a muntjac deer species, endemic to India and Sri Lanka. [1] References This page was last edited on 17 October 2024 ...