Roosevelt's muntjac
| Roosevelt's muntjac | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Cervinae |
| Genus: | Muntiacus |
| Species: | M. rooseveltorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Muntiacus rooseveltorum Osgood,1932
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A single specimen of theRoosevelt's muntjacorRoosevelt's barking deer(Muntiacus rooseveltorum) was presented to theField Museumin 1929 following theKelley-Roosevelts expeditionorganized byTheodore(Jnr) andKermitRoosevelt. The specimen is slightly smaller than thecommon muntjacand DNA testing has shown it to be distinct from recently discovered muntjac species. It is a subspecies ofFea's muntjac,whose home range is mountains further northwest separated by lower land. However, without further evidence, the exact position of Roosevelt's muntjac cannot be stated.Berlin Zoosupposedly held this species between 1961 and 1972 (following an import from Northern Vietnam) but it could have been anIndian muntjac,subspeciesannamensis.[2]
Roosevelt's muntjac was believed to have been extinct since 1929. However, there have been several recent claims to have rediscovered the species, from evidence including skulls owned by villagers in the Truong Son (Annamite) mountains of northernLaosand far northwesternVietnam.More recently, photographs from a camera trap at Xuan Lien Nature Reserve in Vietnam appear to have identified two individuals.[3]
References[edit]
- ^Timmins, R.; Duckworth, J.W. (2016)."Muntiacus rooseveltorum".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2016:e.T13928A22160435.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T13928A22160435.en.Retrieved11 November2021.
- ^"Zootierliste's list of former and current holders of Roosevelts' muntjac in Europe".
- ^"Deer supposedly extinct 85 years ago discovered in Vietnam".Thanh Nien News. March 6, 2014.RetrievedMarch 7,2014.
- Rediscovery of Roosevelt's Barking Deer (Muntiacus rooseveltorum),George Amato, Mary G. Egan, George B. Schaller, Richard H. Baker, Howard C. Rosenbaum, William G. Robichaud, Rob DeSalle, Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 80, No. 2 (May, 1999), pp. 639–643[1]
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