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  Fea´s Muntjac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Habitat: Fea's muntjac is usually found in evergreen forests in upland areas.
Fea's muntjac occurs in the Kayah-Karan/Tenasserim Moist Forests Global 200 Ecoregion.
Behavior: Young muntjacs are usually born in dense growth, where they remain hidden until they can move about with the mother.
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 Leaf Muntjack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Habitat: The leaf muntjac is found in dense forest habitats at an elevation of 450 - 600 m (1500 - 2000'), the transition zone between tropical lowland forests and higher temperate forests (Rabinowitz 1998).
Early Development: Young muntjacs are generally born in dense jungle growth, where they remain hidden until they can move around with their mother (Nowak 1999).
Social Organization: The leaf muntjac is solitary (Rabinowitz 1998).
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 Animal Info - Leaf Muntjac
The leaf muntjac was first identified by scientists in 1997.
Hunting with snares has apparently reduced the leaf muntjac's numbers over the last decade, even though it is not considered a particularly valuable species because of its small size and antlers.
The leaf muntjac is found in dense forest habitats at an elevation of 450 - 600 m (1500 - 2000'), the transition zone between tropical lowland forests and higher temperate forests
www.animalinfo.org /species/artiperi/muntputa.htm   (430 words)

  
 GardeningDaily - Leaf muntjac
The leaf muntjac or leaf deer (Muntiacus putaoensis) is a small species of muntjac.
The leaf muntjac is uniquely found in dense forests of Myanmar, in the region to the Northeast of Putao, hence its scientific epithet, and to the South of the Nam Tamai branch of the Mai Hka River.
Leaf muntjacs live in solitary and seems to act both nocturnally and diurnally.
www.gardeningdaily.com /flowers-and-plants/Leaf_muntjac   (180 words)

  
 Muntjac Deer, Leaf Muntjac Deer, Muntiacus puntoensis
All Muntjacs are said to be shy and cautious in nature and live in heavily wooded areas.
The Leaf Muntjac is from Southeast Asia and China and lives deep in the mountains.
The Leaf Muntjac is the smallest member to date and the only one that has been identified with antlers.
www.animal-world.com /encyclo/critters/MuntjacDeer/MuntjacDeer.php   (2752 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The leaf muntjac is uniquely found in dense forests of Myanmar, in the Hukawng Valley region to the Northeast of Putao, hence its scientific epithet, and to the south of the Nam Tamai branch of the Mai Hka River.
Leaf muntjacs live alone and seem to be both nocturnally and diurnally active.
Despite the small size of the animal and its antlers, hunting has considerably reduced the leaf muntjac population.
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 Muntjacks
The giant muntjac has a wider distribution than the saola, which is also restricted to the Truong Son Mountains.
The Truong Son muntjac was first discovered in April, 1997 by scientists from WWF, Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Da Nang University.
The new muntjac is known to live at altitudes ranging from 400-1000 metres, in forests with dense undergrowth, which its small size allows it to move freely through.
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 Indiana Jones Meets His Match in Bu
Aside from their size, male leaf deer are distinguished from other species by having the shortest antlers, a little over an inch long, of any deer in the world.
While the leaf deer's negligible antlers are not highly valued by traders, Dr. Rabinowitz said, the animal is one of the most exploited species in the area.
The leaf deer's range was not included in the largely unpopulated national park because of the many villages in the area.
www.burmalibrary.org /reg.burma/archives/199908/msg00230.html   (1750 words)

  
 Australian Information from Wikipedia
Small species such as the brocket deer and pudus of Central and South America, and the muntjacs of Asia do occupy dense forests and are less often seen in open spaces.
There are also several species of deer that are highly specialized and live almost exclusively in mountains, grasslands, swamps and "wet" savannas, riparian corridors surrounded by deserts.
The Chao Praya River Valley of Thailand was once primarily tropical seasonal moist deciduous forest and wet savanna that hosted populations of Hog Deer, Schomburgk's Deer (now extinct), Eld's Deer, Indian Sambar, and Indian Muntjac.
www.thinkingaustralia.net /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Deer   (3067 words)

  
 BBC News | Sci/Tech | Leaf deer takes a bow
Leaf deer of Myanmar: Another discovery in South East Asia
The species, known as the leaf muntjac or leaf deer, stands just 50 cm (20 inches) at the shoulder, and weighs about 12 kg.
The genetic study involved collaboration between WCS and the American Museum of Natural History.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/382900.stm   (341 words)

  
 Animal Info - Giant Muntjac
The giant muntjac is threatened by heavy hunting pressure, as well as by habitat degradation due to logging and slash-and-burn agriculture.
leaf muntjac, named Muntiacus putaoensis for the town, Putao, nearest to where it was found in Myanmar; and the Tainguen civet, Viverra tainguensis, named for the Tainguen Plateau in Vietnam.
The giant muntjac is said by local hunters to be solitary, except for females with single young.
www.animalinfo.org /species/artiperi/megavuqu.htm   (708 words)

  
 A Leaf Muntjac
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Muntjac is a non-native species that appears to be increasing its.
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 Support the Zoo - Asia Quest
Muntjac, the oldest of all known deer, is dark and handsome—with distinctive facial markings and short curved antlers.
The langurs—often called leaf monkeys because of their diet—spendtheir days noisily swinging, leaping, bouncing, and crashing through the treetops.
The dusky leaf langurs have green skin on their faces and pinkish lips.
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 SIGHTINGS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Through DNA analysis, researchers report in the recent issue of Animal Conservation, the deer can be classified as a new species of muntjac, or small Asian deer.
Rabinowitz first observed the so-called leaf deer on a biological survey expedition in 1997.
The researchers found that the leaf deer shared 14 unique genetic markers not found in other deer.
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 Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Northern Triangle subtropical forests (IM0140)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In 1997, a new species, the leaf muntjac, was discovered high in the mountains.
Standing only about 2 feet (60 centimeters) tall, this muntjac is considered the smallest true deer in the world.
Of the more than 370 different species of birds found here, several are considered important to watch because of their need for mature forests and low thresholds for disturbance.
www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0140.html   (429 words)

  
 The Telegraph - North East
Guwahati, March 16: Trekking through the inhospitable terrain of the Himalayan foothills in Arunachal Pradesh, researchers have detected what was known to exist only in Myanmar — “leaf Muntjac”, the world’s smallest species of deer.
The leaf deer, called so because it is small enough to fit into a large leaf, is barely 20 inches tall and weighs approximately 25 pounds.
With the Myanmar junta rarely allowing outsiders into their land, very little research has been done on the leaf deer.
www.telegraphindia.com /1030317/asp/northeast/story_1774313.asp   (303 words)

  
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 Cryptozoology.com
Was it the leaf deer, or leaf muntjac?
Not one, but three new muntjac species were discovered in the region.
I was under the impression that muntjac referred to a single specific species.
www.cryptozoology.com /forum/topic_view_thread.php?tid=15&pid=326049   (711 words)

  
 :: Young Bucks Outdoors ::
The report, from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society, says that the "leaf deer" or "leaf muntjac," which lives in remote mountain regions of Southeast Asia, was first seen by WCS biologist Alan Rabinowitz in 1997.
The deer's DNA confirmed the leaf deer as unique.
To see this particular species of deer without trekking through 100 miles of northern Burma, you'll have to go to the Rangoon Zoo, where a young male leaf deer is trying to mate with unrelated does -- unsuccessfully.
www.youngbucksoutdoors.com /crittertales/CT020221LeafDeer.html   (268 words)

  
 muntjac - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Muntjac, common name for certain small Asian deer characterized by short, two-tined antlers and by upper canine teeth that are prolonged into tusks...
Biologists have identified a previously unknown species of striped rabbit that lives in the rugged Annamite Mountains of Laos and Vietnam, according to a report published on August 19, 1999, in the journal Nature.
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 A Leaf Muntjac ENEWSMAG
How about a Leaf Muntjac (this http://oddanimals.com/unusual animals/leafmuntjacleafdeer.h tml) i really doubt many people have herd of it plus it looks...
Look at this baby: Picture of "Bambi", a Leaf Muntjac Deer (male) 376 link79 400 They are uber-affectionate and they supposedly make really awesome pets.
Picture of "Bambi", a Leaf Muntjac Deer (male) "Bambi" Leaf Muntjac Deer (male) Muntiacus puntoensis Photo © Animal-World, Courtesy: Cheryl Galloway...
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 World's smallest deer species discovered by WCS
An adult deer measuring just 20 inches at the shoulder and weighing no more than 25 pounds has been confirmed through DNA testing as a new species, making it the world's smallest deer, according to a recent study led by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
The "leaf deer" or "leaf muntjac," which lives in remote mountain regions of Southeast Asia, was first seen by WCS biologist Alan Rabinowitz in 1997 during field surveys in northern Myanmar (Burma).
The fact that wildlife, as well as the habitats themselves are currently disappearing at an alarming rate adds a sense of urgency to such research."
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1999-06/WCS-Wsds-250699.php   (321 words)

  
 Online Burma Library > Main Library > Environment > Environmental sustainability > Ecoregions of Burma
The ecoregion sits astride a major zoogeographic ecotone, where the northern Palearctic and the southern Indo-Malayan faunas mix, allowing langurs to mix with red pandas and muntjac and musk deer to mingle.
It is also a crossroads for the south Asian and east Asian floras as well as some ancient relicts that have found refuge here during the turbulent and variable geological past.
In 1997 a new species of small deer, the leaf muntjac, was discovered high in the mountains.
www.burmalibrary.org /show.php?cat=1326   (2828 words)

  
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 Leaf Muntjac Muntiacus putaoensis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Little is known about this species that was only discovered in northern Myanmar in1997.
It was confirmed as being a separate species though its DNA.
It is one of the smallest of the Muntjac species, having a shoulder height of less than 50 cm.
www.worlddeer.org /leafmuntjac.html   (64 words)

  
 Dr. Jungle's Animal-World References
The Ecology of the Reeve’s Muntjac, by Deer-UK Muntjac, (Muntiacus reevesi), by The British Deer Society
Watford Observer: Archive UK The Ecology of the Reeve’s Muntjac, by Deer-UK Exotic Birds
Christopher M. Perrins, Consultant-in-Chief, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds, The Definitive Reference to Birds of the World, Prentice Hall Press, 1990.
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