What is Muntjac?
{{Taxobox | name = Muntjac | image = muntjac deer.JPG | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Artiodactyla]] | subordo = [[Ruminantia]] | familia = [[Cervidae]] | subfamilia = '''Muntiacinae''' | genus = '''''Muntiacus''''' | genus_authority = [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1815 }} A '''muntjac''' is any small [[deer]] that genus ''Muntiacus''. Muntjacs may be the oldest known deer, appearing 15-35 million years ago, with remains found in [[Miocene]] deposits in [[France]] and [[Germany]]. This [[genus]] is native to [[Southeast Asia]] and can be found in [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] to southern [[China]], [[Taiwan]], [[Japan]] and [[Indonesia]]n islands. Two [[species]] were originally recognised: the barking deer is ''Muntiacus vaginalis'' and Reeves's muntjac is ''Muntiacus reevesi''. More recently, ten more species have been recognised, all from [[Asia]]. [[Category:Deer]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia]] {{-}} {{biology-stub}}