Muntiacus muntjak (Zimmermann 1780) [Cervus] muntjak Zimmermann 1780, Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 131. Type Locality: Indonesia, " Java ". Vernacular Names: Red Muntjac. Subspecies:: Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. muntjak Zimmermann 1780 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. annamensis Kloss 1928 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. aureus C. H. Smith 1826 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. curvostylis Gray 1872 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. guangdongensis Li and Xu 1996 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. malabaricus Lydekker 1915 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. menglalis Wang and Groves 1988 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. montanus Robinson and Kloss 1918 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. nigripes G. M. Allen 1930 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. vaginalis Boddaert 1785 Subspecies Muntiacus muntjak subsp. yunnanensis Ma and Wang 1988 Distribution: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, S China (S Tibet and Yunnan to Guangdong), India, Laos, peninsular Malaya, Nepal, NE Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Sunda Isls (Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali, Lombok, and many smaller Indonesian islands). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Includes pleiharicus, listed as a distinct species by Chasen (1940:203), and vaginalis. Haltenorth (1963:40) included reevesi, feae, rooseveltorum and crinifrons. Distinctive differences in karyotype between single peninsular Malayan specimen (2N = 8) and other mainland populations (2n = 6 or 7) suggest possible division between Malesian and Continental semispecies (Groves and Grubb, 1987). Groves (2003) treated the Continental vaginalis (including subspecies aureus, malabaricus and others) as a species separate from muntjak.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 666, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519