Muntiacus malabaricus

Wroughton, 1915

Malabar Red Muntjac

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Cervoidea
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Cervinae
Tribe : Muntiacini
Genus : Muntiacus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Wroughton, R.C. 1915-09-30. The Indian ribbed-faced deer or muntjac. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24(1):42-46.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151568

Original name as described

Muntiacus malabaricus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1913.8.22.103

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ec0138fc-df26-4a83-bb91-74def44a1896

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006331

Country distribution map

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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 muntjak malabaricus

Lydekker, 1915

Family

Cervidae

Root name

malabaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9342055

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1915:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9342055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39814)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Muntiacus malabaricus

Wroughton, 1915

Family

Cervidae

Root name

malabaricus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.8.22.103

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ec0138fc-df26-4a83-bb91-74def44a1896

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151568

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Phillips (1927:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67779)
  2. Phillips (1929:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:@unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Muntiacus vaginalis malabaricus

Groves, 2003

Family

Cervidae

Root name

malabaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

348

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48602930

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Groves (2003:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48602930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9601)

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