Muntiacus vuquangensis

(Do Tuoc, Vu Van Dung, S. Dawson, Arctander, & Mackinnon, 1994)

Giant 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

Tuoc, D., Dung, V. V., Dawson, S., Arctander, P. and MacKinnon, J. 1994. Introduction of a new large mammal species in Vietnam. Science and Technology News 3:4-12.

Original name as described

Megamuntiacus vuquangensis

Other common names

Large-antlered Muntjac

Type locality

Vu Quang Nature Reserve (Vietnam).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006339

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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 vuquangensis

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

vuquangensis

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)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44703/22153828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Megamuntiacus vuquangensis

(Do Tuoc, Vu Van Dung, S. Dawson, Arctander, & Mackinnon, 1994)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

vuquangensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Science and Technology News

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

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