Muntiacus malabaricus
Lydekker, 1915
Malabar Red Muntjac
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Ruminantia |
| Infraorder | : Pecora |
| Family | : Cervidae |
| Subfamily | : Cervinae |
| Tribe | : Muntiacini |
| Genus | : Muntiacus |
Species status
Authority citation
Lydekker, R. 1915. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. IV. Artiodactyla, families Cervidæ (deer), Tragulidæ (chevrotains), Camelidæ (camels and llamas), Suidæ (pigs and peccaries), and Hippopotamidæ (hippopotamuses). Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, British Museum Catalogue, 438 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9342055Original name as described
Muntiacus muntjak malabaricus
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1913.8.22.133
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Nagarahole, Karnataka, India.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
India · Sri Lanka
Taxonomy notes
split from M. muntjak
Taxonomy notes citation
Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. · Martins, R. F., Fickel, J., Le, M., Van Nguyen, T., Nguyen, H. M., Timmins, R., ... & Wilting, A. (2017). Phylogeography of red muntjacs reveals three distinct mitochondrial lineages. BMC evolutionary biology, 17(1), 1-12.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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