Muntiacus muntjak

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Southern 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.

Authority publication link

https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00021827

Original name as described

Cervus (Muntjak)

Other common names

Sundaic Red Muntjak

Type locality

Java.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia · Singapore? · Indonesia · Brunei

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. vaginalis and M. malabaricus; includes montanus, which was considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab

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. · Singh, B., Kumar, A., Uniyal, V. P., & Gupta, S. K. (2021). Phylogeography and population genetic structure of red muntjacs: evidence of enigmatic Himalayan red muntjac from India. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21, 1-15.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006332

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Muntiacus muntjak robinsoni

Lydekker, 1915

Family

Cervidae

Root name

robinsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.4.1.506

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/acc6f2c0-5451-4dcf-bf34-a03a63147e42

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9342049

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Muntiacus muntjak peninsulae

Lydekker, 1915

Family

Cervidae

Root name

peninsulae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.10.1.106

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0139b114-e15b-4f6b-bb20-898607a0b27e

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9342049

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Muntiacus muntjak montanus

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Cervidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.11.12.26

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/670a2f25-0091-46cd-9de0-f3dafb038cf9 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a1fa8d6b-af78-41c5-ba24-adb3b60b95fa

Authority page

69

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Cervus Hamatus

(de Blainville, 1816)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

hamatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RCS (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153493

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824)

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cervus moschatus

(de Blainville, 1816)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

moschatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RCS 1469

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153494

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824)

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:368, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Muntiacus muntjak nainggolani

Sody, 1932

Family

Cervidae

Root name

nainggolani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.33817

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33817

Authority page

337

Authority publication

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Muntiacus bancanus

Lyon, 1906

Family

Cervidae

Root name

bancanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:124726

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34b56a7a3-6d1a-4dc5-868d-d7890392bae4

Authority page

582

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7737642

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Muntiacus rubidus

Lyon, 1911

Family

Cervidae

Root name

rubidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:151863

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/312c43e4a-d569-47d8-9244-0a4671cccb56

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845235

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cervus moschus

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

moschus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

467

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523884

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Antilope hamata

(P. Gervais, 1840)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

hamata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

264

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Gervais (1840:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  2. Lesson (1842:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cervulus moschatus

(J. E. Gray, 1850)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

moschatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595005

Authority publication

Knowsley

Name usages

  1. Gray (1850:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  2. Gray (1852:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39016)
  3. Gray (1852:218, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Gray (1872:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Cervulus muntjac

(J. R. Ward, 1910)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

muntjac

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015723

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ward (1910:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Muntiacus muntjak

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cervidae

Root name

muntjak

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

119

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  6. Groves & Grubb (2011:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42190/56005589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Muntiacus muntjak muntjak

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

muntjak

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Muntiacus montanus

Groves & Grubb, 2011

Family

Cervidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Groves & Grubb (2011:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136831/22168363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cervus (Muntjak)

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

muntjak

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:368, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Cervus Muntjac

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

muntjac

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751400

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Lesson (1842:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cervus Muntjuc

(Link, 1795)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

muntjuc

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272978

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cervus subcornutus

(de Blainville, 1816)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

subcornutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153494

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824)

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:368, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

cervus moschus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

moschus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

441

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521885

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Prox Moschatus

(W. Ogilby, 1837)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

moschatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570861

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Cervulus pleiharicus

(Kohlbrugge, 1896)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pleiharicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37026057

Authority publication

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cervulus muntjac typicus

(J. R. Ward, 1910)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015723

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ward (1910:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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