Southern red muntjac
Muntiacus muntjak
CommonPhoto: Mark Bolnik · CC BY 4.0
Mammalherbivore
The red muntjac is a small deer found in Southeast Asia's forests. Often called a barking deer for its dog-like alarm calls, it's adaptable and widespread across its range.
- Males have short antlers and long upper canine teeth.
- Their alarm call sounds like a sharp dog bark.
- Once considered the same as Indian muntjac, now recognized as separate species.
RainforestForestAsia
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Mammal
- Scientific name
- Muntiacus muntjak
- Habitat
- Rainforest, Forest
- Regions in this directory
- Asia
- Diet
- herbivore
- Relative size
- small
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)