Leaf Muntjac (scientific name: Muntiacus putaoensis) is also known as Leaf Muntjac and Leaf Deer. It has no subspecies and is the smallest muntjac in the world.Leaf Muntjac is solitary. This is consistent with the view that leaf muntjacs represent an ancient group of muntjacs. Ancient muntjacs were...
The scientific name of the Puhoat Muntjac is Muntiacus puhoatensis, and its foreign name is Puhoat Muntjac. It is a newly discovered species that is only distributed in the Pu hoat area of Vietnam, which borders Laos. Some scientists also believe that the Puhoat Muntjac and the Luo Muntjac are the s...
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...
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...
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 (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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 (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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...