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Sumatran Mountain Muntjac

Muntiacus montanus

Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Cervidae
Genus
Muntiacus
IUCN status
DD
Distribution
Indonesia
Realm
Indomalaya

About this species

Size
Can be the size of a large dog
Range
Sumatra (Kerinci Seblat National Park)

The Sumatran muntjac is a small deer that can be the size of a large dog. Its taxonomy is unresolved: it has been treated either as a distinct species, Muntiacus montanus, or as a subspecies of the common muntjac (Wikipedia, general species account).

It was discovered in 1914 and had not been sighted since 1930 until one was snared and freed from a hunter's snare in Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, in 2002. Two other animals have since been photographed in the park (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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CC-BY-4.0 — Mark Bolnik — via iNaturalist (source)