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Muntiacus muntjak

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Muntiacus muntjak was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant.

Subspecies
M. nigripes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Muntiacus muntjak Rafinesque
1940Muntiacus muntjac Chasen p. 203
1967Muntiacus muntjak Dào p. 124
1999Muntiacus muntjak Rabinowitz et al. p. 431
2005Muntiacus muntjak Wilson and Reeder
2008Muntiacus muntjak Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
subfamilyCervinaeGoldfuss 1820
tribeMuntiaciniPockock 1923
genusMuntiacusRafinesque 1815
speciesmuntjakRafinesque 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Muntiacus muntjak Rafinesque 1815
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia Muntiacus muntjak (93520 93522)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) Muntiacus muntjak (238025)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Madras) Muntiacus muntjak (228955)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indonesia (Jawa Timur) Muntiacus muntjak (93521)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam (Lang Son) Muntiacus muntjac (92781)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Malaysia (Perak) Muntiacus muntjak (235742)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Thailand (Chaiyaphum) Muntiacus muntjak (237787)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guangdong) Muntiacus muntjak (120834)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Laos (Hua Pan) Muntiacus muntjak (235746)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Malaysia (Selangor) Muntiacus muntjak (235743)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia Muntiacus muntjak (93524)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Thailand Muntiacus muntjak (176213 176214)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Muntiacus muntjak (92787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India Muntiacus muntjak (224310)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vietnam Muntiacus muntjak (32904)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia (Java) Muntiacus muntjak (13738)