Muntiacus vaginalis
(Boddaert, 1785)
Northern 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
Authority citation
Boddaert, P. 1785. Elenchus Animalium. Volumen I. Sistens quadrupedia huc usque nota, eorumque varietates. C.R. Hake, Rotterdam, 174 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230100Original name as described
Cervus Vaginalis
Other common names
Himalayan Red Muntjac · Himalayan Red Muntjak · Northern Red Muntjak · Malabar Red Muntjac
Type material
untraced (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
Bangladesh.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya
Country distribution
Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · China · Myanmar · Vietnam · Laos · Cambodia · Thailand · Sri Lanka
Taxonomy notes
split from M. muntjak and tentatively included aureus and malabaricus; the type locality of the name aureus is not within the distribution of the taxon it was representing (which is likely still a distinct species without a name), so that taxon is included under M. vaginalis here pending further research; a similar situation is true for malabaricus, for which the type likely represents an individual of vaginalis but the species it represented is likely to still represent a distinct but unnamed species; includes nigripes, which were 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. · Melletti, M. and Focardi, S. (eds.). Deer of the World. Springer, Cham.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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