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  2. Giant muntjac - Wikipedia

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    The giant muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis), sometimes referred to as the large-antlered muntjac, is a species of muntjac deer.It is the largest muntjac species and was discovered in 1994 in Vũ Quang, Hà Tĩnh Province of Vietnam and in central Laos.

  3. Rare species discovered deep within Cambodian mountains - AOL

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    More than 150 camera traps were deployed to record elusive species, such as the large-antlered muntjac, which was caught on camera in 2021. While the deer species was first described in 1994, ...

  4. Muntjac - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Category:Muntjacs - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Outdoors: There are plenty of deer to see while on safari in ...

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    The barking deer or Indian muntjac also has fangs, but is a species of primitive transition, developing small, rudimentary antlers. ... big-butted, and short-legged hog deer, having short, three ...

  7. Zoo Asks for Help Identifying 'Mysterious Winged and Horned ...

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    Muntjac deer are small species of deer native to Southeast Asia that grow short antlers that resemble horns. Related: Texas Woman Asks For Public's Help Identifying Mysterious Animal Caught on ...

  8. List of cervids - Wikipedia

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    Bornean yellow muntjac. M. atherodes Groves, Grubb, 1982: ... (Burmese brow-antlered deer) P. e. thamin (Thai brow-antlered deer) Scattered parts of southeast Asia

  9. Southern red muntjac - Wikipedia

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    They are the oldest known members of the deer family, and the earliest known deer-like creatures had horns instead of antlers, but the muntjac is the earliest known species to actually have antlers. Ancestor to muntjacs is the Dicrocerus elegans, which is the oldest known deer to shed antlers. Other fossils found that deer species experienced a ...