Animals by Scientific Class Names

Muntiacus montanus，Sumatran Muntjac

Features：

The scientific name of the Sumatran Muntjac is Muntiacus montanus, and its foreign name is Sumatran Muntjac. It is a solitary animal with timid and cautious habits. It mostly forages at night or in the early morning and dusk, and hides in the bushes to rest during the day. When frightened, it can ma...

Muntiacus vuquangensis,Giant Muntjac, Giant Barking Deer

Features：The largest muntjac species in the world

The Vietnamese giant muntjac, scientifically known as Muntiacus vuquangensis, is a species of muntjac. It is the largest muntjac species in the world and was discovered in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam and central Laos in 1994. The giant muntjac is a solitary animal with timid habits. It mostly forages...

Muntiacus atherodes，Bornean Yellow Muntjac、Bornean Yellow Muntjack，Tufted Deer

Features：The length of the antlers is only 7 cm, which is smaller than that of ordinary muntjacs.

The scientific name of the Bornean Yellow Muntjac is Muntiacus atherodes, and its foreign names are Bornean Yellow Muntjac and Bornean Yellow Muntjack. It has only been recognized as an independent species in recent years. Its antlers are only 7 cm long, which is smaller than those of ordinary muntj...

Muntiacus reevesi，Chinese Muntjak，Formosan Reeves' Muntjac、Reeve’s Muntjac、Reeves's Muntjac，Mountain barking deer, dog muntjac, horned muntjac, yellow muntjac, mountain muntjac

Features：The head is bright brown, the body hair is tan, and the nape of the neck is darker and dark brown.

Muntiacus reevesi (scientific name: Chinese Muntjak, Formosan Reeves' Muntjac, Reeve's Muntjac, Reeves's Muntjac), has three subspecies and is a small deer animal.The activity pattern of the small muntjac is similar to that of the red muntjac. It is an animal active during the day, and i...

Muntiacus muntjak,Bornean Red Muntjac,Indian muntjac, Borneo red muntjac, red muntjac, southern red muntjac, barking deer, yellow muntjac

Features：The length of the horn handle is the longest among muntjacs

Red Muntjac (scientific name: Muntiacus muntjak) is also known as Bornean Red Muntjac. It has 17 subspecies and is the largest species among muntjacs.Red muntjacs often appear around the forest, especially in the morning and evening, and are less active during the day. Their calls are rarely heard f...

Muntiacus feae,Fea's Muntjac、Forest muntjac,Wood muntjac, black muntjac, Fischer's muntjac

Features：The shape of the nasal bone is long in the middle and short on both sides, forming an inverted "V" shape.

Fea's Muntjac (scientific name: Muntiacus feae) is also known as Fea's Muntjac and Forest muntjac in foreign languages. It has no subspecies.Philippine muntjacs often move alone, and when startled, they often swim across streams and hide in the forest on the other side. When frightened by pr...

Dama dama,Fallow Deer

Features：One of the most beautiful deer in Europe

Fallow Deer (scientific name: Dama dama) has two subspecies.Male fallow deer in estrus will expand their territory, and female fallow deer will join them. The population can reach up to 150 at most. They like to live in groups and are particularly good at running. Fallen deer herds have no concept o...

Dama mesopotamica,Mesopotamian Fallow Deer、Persian Fallow Deer,Mesopotamian fallow deer, Mesopotamian deer

Features：The Persian fallow deer is larger than the fallow deer, and has larger antlers, but less palmate.

The scientific name of the Persian fallow deer is Dama mesopotamica, and its foreign names are Mesopotamian Fallow Deer and Persian Fallow Deer. They were introduced to Cyprus in the Neolithic Age. They are found in many places, including Kirokitia. There are Greek records in 200 that they swam acro...

Rucervus duvaucelii,Barasinga、Swamp Deer,Indian Swamp Deer, Swamp Deer

Features：Fawns are brown with spots at birth, but the spots disappear as they mature.

Barasinga (scientific name: Rucervus duvaucelii) is also known as Barasinga and Swamp Deer in foreign languages. It has three subspecies.Swamp deer are herbivores, feeding mainly on grass and aquatic plants, and also eating sugar cane, reeds and crops. The activity time is mainly concentrated in the...

Rusa timorensis, Javan Deer、Javan Rusa、Rusa、Rusa Deer、Sunda Sambar、Timor Deer， Cerf de Timor， Sambar de Java， Mähnenhirsch,Javan Deer, Javan Sambar, Timorese Deer

Features：Lyre-shaped three-pronged antlers

Rusa timorensis (scientific name: Javan Deer, Javan Rusa, Rusa, Rusa Deer, Sunda Sambar, Timor Deer, Cerf de Timor in French, Sambar de Java in Spanish, Mähnenhirsch in German, with 7 subspecies.Where hunting or other disturbances are not a big problem, ibex are primarily nocturnal, gathering in la...

Rucervus schomburgki ,Su's deer, white-hipped deer, Siamese deer

Features：The horns are very large, and the main branches can reach 110 cm in length

Schomburgki (scientific name: Rucervus schomburgki) is a species of deer native to Thailand. It is the only species of red deer that does not migrate. This is because they live in the tropical rainforest in southwestern Thailand, where vegetation is lush all year round and they can get enough food w...

Rusa alfredi,Philippine Spotted Deer,Prince Alfred’s Spotted Deer,Visayan Spotted Deer,Prinz-Alfred-Hirsch,Philippine sika deer, Visayan sambar deer, Visayan spotted deer, Visayan sika deer, Acheron&#

Features：One of the rarest, least known and most narrowly distributed deer species in the world

Philippine sambar deer (scientific name: Rusa alfredi) English Philippine Spotted Deer, Prince Alfred’s Spotted Deer, Visayan Spotted Deer, German Prinz-Alfred-Hirsch, no subspecies.Philippine Sambar Long overlooked as an obscure and poorly known regional variant of the widely distributed sambar de...

Axis calamianensis,Kashima spotted deer, Kashima hog deer

Features：The lips are white with dark stripes on the sides

The Calamian Hog Deer (Axis calamianensis) is one of three species of deer native to the Philippines, the other two being the Philippine Brown Deer (Cervus mariannus, Rusa marianna) and the Philippine Water Deer (Cervus alfredi, Rusa alfredi). The word "豚" means piglet, and also refers to...

Axis kuhlii

Features：Brown hair, no white spots

The Ba Island spotted deer (Axis kuhlii) is a deer endemic to the Indonesian island of Bawean. Its scientific name is in honor of the German zoologist Heinrich Kuhl.Until the 19th century, the number of Ba Island spotted deer was still relatively large. In the second half of the 20th century, as the...

Cervus axis,Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká，Hupah Glešká,Spotted deer, white deer

Features：It looks similar to a sika deer, but also has some white spots.

The scientific name of the spotted deer, Cervus axis or Axis axis, is active all day long and feeds on tender shoots. Its natural enemies include wolves, Bengal tigers, and Asiatic lions. It will sound alarm calls when frightened. The spotted deer like to live in groups, usually consisting of adult...

Okapia johnstoni,Okapi

Features：The hips and upper legs have horizontal black and white stripes

Okapi (scientific name: Okapia johnstoni) is called Okapi in English. At first glance, it looks more like a horse. Because of the alternating black and white stripes on its back, it looks very much like a zebra. In the past, some people thought that the okapi was the result of the mating of a giraff...

Tragulus versicolor,Silver-backed Chevrotain,Vietnamese Mousedeer， Chevrotain du Vietnam,Silver-backed chevrotain, Vietnamese mouse deer

Features：Has a coarse coat with a magical two-tone color

Vietnamese Mousedeer (scientific name: Tragulus versicolor) English Silver-backed Chevrotain, Vietnamese Mousedeer, French Chevrotain du Vietnam, no subspecies.Both male and female Vietnamese mouse deer are territorial, marking their territory with feces, urine, and submandibular gland secretions. T...

Tragulus nigricans, Balabac Mouse Deer,Balabac Chevrotain,Philippine Mouse-deer, Chevrotain de Balbac

Features：Black throat with three narrow white stripes extending from white chin down

Philippine Mouse Deer (scientific name: Tragulus nigricans) English Balabac Mouse Deer, Balabac Chevrotain, Philippine Mouse-deer, French Chevrotain de Balbac, no subspecies.Philippine mouse deer are territorial in both sexes, with males marking their small, permanent territories with feces, urine,...

Tragulus napu,Greater Oriental Chevrotain、Balabac Chevrotain、Greater Indo-Malayan Chevrotain、Greater Mousedeer,Larger Malay Chevrotain,Larger Mousedeer,Napu,Chevrotain napu, Grand tragul malais， Napoh

Features：The fur is orange-brown, with a grayish-white appearance due to a black stripe running down each hair.

The Greater Mousedeer (scientific name: Tragulus napu) is called Greater Oriental Chevrotain, Balabac Chevrotain, Greater Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, Greater Mousedeer, Larger Malay Chevrotain, Larger Mousedeer, Napu in English, Chevrotain napu, Grand tragul malais in French, and Napoh in Malay. There...

Tragulus kanchil,Lesser Oriental Chevrotain、Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain、Lesser Malay Chevrotain、Lesser Mousedeer、Mouse Deer， Chevrotain kanchil, Petit tragul malais， Kanchil

Features：The smallest ungulate

Lesser Mousedeer (scientific name: Tragulus kanchil) English Lesser Oriental Chevrotain, Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, Lesser Malay Chevrotain, Lesser Mousedeer, Mouse Deer, French Chevrotain kanchil, Petit tragul malais, Indonesian Kanchil, has 30 subspecies, slightly larger than a hare. The mous...

Tragulus javanicus,Javan Chevrotain、Java Mousedeer、Javan Mousedeer、Kanchil、Lesser Mouse Deer, Chevrotain de Java、Petit tragul malais

Features：One of the smallest ungulates

Javan Mousedeer (scientific name: Tragulus javanicus) English Javan Chevrotain, Java Mousedeer, Javan Mousedeer, Kanchil, Lesser Mouse Deer, French Chevrotain de Java, Petit tragul malais, no subspecies.In the early classification, the Javan mouse deer was classified as a large mouse deer (now calle...