Muntiacus feae

(Thomas & Doria, 1889)

Vernacular names
English : Fea’s muntjac
French : Muntjac de Fea

Classification
Class : Mammalia
Order : Cetartiodactyla
Family : Cervidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Body length of 100 cm, shoulder height of 60 cm, weight to 22 kg. tail with fringes of white hairs, dark limbs, rest of coat light grey-brown speckled with yellow. Forehead yellow with dark band on long horn base. Small rounded ears.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in South-East Asia, in a narrow band from western to south-western Thailand and adjacent parts of Tenasserim, Myanmar. Lives in hilly and montane evergreen forests and teak plantations.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : DATA DEFICIENT
CITES : Not listed
Status : The species has a small range and there are still doubts about reports of presence of this species in parts of its range and elsewhere.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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