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  Muntjac - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
MUNTJAC, the Indian name of a small deer typifying the genus Cervulus, all the members of which are indigenous to the southern and eastern parts of Asia and the adjacent islands, and are separated by marked characters from all their allies.
In - the Indian muntjac the height of the buck is from 20 to 22 in.; allied types, some of which have received distinct names, occur in Burma and the Malay Peninsula and Islands.
The Tenasserim muntjac (C. feae), about the size of the Indian species, is closely allied to the hairy-fronted muntjac (C. crinifrons) of eastern China, but lacks the tuft of hair on the forehead.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Muntjac   (543 words)

  
 Deer in the UK - Muntjac Deer - Muntiacus reevesi - Reeves Muntjac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Because Muntjac spend a considerable amount of time with their heads down browsing they appear hunched forward, this often causes the incorrect identification of them as Chinese Water Deer, who are naturally hunched forward, even when not foraging.
Muntjac are solitary territorial creatures but as they do not have a specific breeding season are often be seen in pairs browsing young trees and vegetation.
Muntjac are capable of breeding all year round, the gestation period is seven months and one kid is born per pregnancy.
www.wilddeer.co.uk /muntjac-deer.htm   (606 words)

  
 Muntjac Deer information, ecological notes about muntjac, pictures, sounds and video clips   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Muntjac are the oldest of all known deer and are therefore prehistoric; they retain characteristics which have since disappeared in our own native species of deer.
It was supposed that the Reeves and Indian Muntjac interbred, however it is now known that due to a difference in their chromosome count this is unlikely and it is further purported that even if hybridisation were successful, the offspring would be infertile.
Muntjac’s hooves are cloven and are often asymmetrical with cases of the disfigurement Aladdin's Slipper occasionally found in marshy habitats.
www.deer-uk.com /muntjac_deer.htm   (2743 words)

  
 muntjac
The spread of Muntjac could be seen easily, and there distribution showed a distinctive 'jump' pattern, with new groups being found every 60 km North.
The Muntjac deer is increasing its range in Britain and can be found in woodland throughout the British midlands.
Muntjac have territories with the male territories covering several female territories.
www.geocities.com /magicgoatman/muntjac.html   (326 words)

  
 Muntjac buck prints and portraits - A Muntjac buck depicted in this original portrait   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Muntjac (Reeves Muntjac or "Barking Deer") are the oldest of all known deer, and are therefore prehistoric.
Muntjacs are small deer with dark red-brown fur and white patches on the chin, throat and underside of the tail.
Muntjacs are browsers, and feed on shrubs, shoots and grass in bouts of between 30 and 40 minutes.
www.annseward.co.uk /deer_prints_muntjac.php   (577 words)

  
 Muntjac Deer Fact File
During the summer months a Muntjac's coat is a uniform reddy-brown colour with very pale, often white, hair under the chin, throat, belly and tail.
Muntjac bucks have small and unbranched antlers which slope rearwards, ending in a pointed tip.
The Muntjac deer of the New Forest are very few in number and extremely hard to find, not only because of their tiny size but mainly because of their preference to staying in densely wooded areas.
www.new-forest-national-park.com /muntjac-deer-fact-file.html   (390 words)

  
 Reeve's Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Muntjac deer are considered primitive to the other kinds of deer, and are characterised by their small size, distinctive hunched back and long elongated upper fangs.
The Reeeve's Muntjac is mostly a browser, it feeds mainly on foods found on the forest floor, such as leaves, fruits, berries, and grasses.
Reeve's Muntjac tend to be fairly solitary in behaviour, although females are often seen accompanied by their young or by the resident male.
www.worlddeer.org /reevesmuntjac.html   (867 words)

  
 Animal of the Month October 2004
The eight species of Muntjac are indigenous to Forests of India and Nepal to southern China, Tibet, Sri Lanka, the Malay peninsula and Indonesia.
Muntjac occupy, colonize and use any area where there is an abundance of food.
Muntjac feed in bouts lasting between 30 to 40 minutes, depending on the availability of food.
www.trianglemetrozoo.com /muntjaced.asp   (626 words)

  
 Olympus FluoView Resource Center: Confocal Gallery - Indian Muntjac Deer Skin Fibroblast Cells
Muntjac cells are negative for reverse transcriptase, indicating the lack of integral retrovirus genomes.
The Indian Muntjac deer skin fibroblast cells presented in the digital image above were resident in an adherent culture stained for F-actin with Alexa Fluor 546 conjugated to phalloidin, and for DNA with the red-absorbing dye TO-PRO-3 (pseudocolored blue).
Muntjac Skin Cells Labeled for Tubulin with Immunofluorescence - In order to visualize the microtubules present in a culture of Indian Muntjac fibroblasts, the cells were immunofluorescently labeled with anti-tubulin mouse monoclonal primary antibodies followed by goat anti-mouse Fab fragments conjugated to Alexa Fluor 488.
www.olympusfluoview.com /gallery/cells/muntjac/muntjaccells.html   (1218 words)

  
 Muntjac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Reeves' muntjac is a small and slender deer that is native to China.
The muntjac is chiefly nocturnal except in sparsely settled areas where it is active during the morning.
A threat to the muntjac is the hunting done by man for its skin and meat.
www.racinezoo.org /new_page_4.htm   (261 words)

  
 Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure
Muntjac deer are sometimes known as the "barking deer" because they will emit a barking sound to warn others of predators and to identify individuals.
As muntjacs mature, the upper canine teeth are elongated into 'tusks' that curve outward from the lips.
Young muntjacs remain hidden in dense jungle growth until they are able to move about with their dams.
www.rollinghillswildlife.com /animals/d/deermuntjac/index.html   (134 words)

  
 muntjac - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The silent killer; Britain's woodlands are being destroyed by a tiny breed of deer.
And despite the muntjac being the country's fastest-spreading wild animal, you've probably never seen one.
Bambi in the back garden: deer are the new urban invaders; The following the trail of foxes, species such as roe deer and muntjac are appearing in Britain's greener towns and cities.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-x-muntjac.html   (215 words)

  
 Reeve's Muntjac: WhoZoo
Muntjacs also have a scent gland under each eye that they use to mark sticks with, by poking the stick into the gland.
Muntjacs are called "barking deer," because males have a barking call, used both as an alarm signal, and also during the mating season.
Captive muntjacs have been released into the English countryside and are now found throughout England as an introduced species.
www.whozoo.org /AnLifeSS2005/JoshC/JRC_Muntjac.htm   (232 words)

  
 Nikon MicroscopyU: Fluorescence Microscopy Digital Image Gallery - Indian Muntjac Deer Skin Fibroblast Cells
Indian Muntjac cells are known to be susceptible to a variety of viruses, including vesicular stomatitis, (Indiana strain), herpes simplex, and vaccinia.
Visualizing the Golgi Complex in Deer Skin Cells - A monolayer culture of Indian Muntjac cells was fixed, permeabilized, and blocked with 10-percent normal goat serum in phosphate-buffered saline prior to immunofluorescent labeling with rabbit primary antibodies to giantin, a protein resident in the Golgi complex of mammalian cells.
Muntjac Fibroblasts Labeled with Double Immunofluorescence and a Phallotoxin - The featured culture of Indian Muntjac cells was triple-labeled using double immunofluorescence and a phallotoxin.
www.microscopyu.com /galleries/fluorescence/cells/muntjac/muntjac.html   (1491 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Muntjac
Muntjac are deer of the genus Muntiacus, also known as Barking Deer.
Muntjac are the oldest known deer, appearing 15-35 million years ago, with remains found in Miocene deposits in France and Germany.
Muntjac are of great interest in evolutionary studies because of their dramatic chromosome variations and recent discoveries of several new species.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Muntjac   (202 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Reeves' Muntjac deer, Chinese muntjac, barking deer
Muntjac deer were introduced to Woburn Park, Bedfordshire in the early 20th Century.
Muntjacs are small deer, with dark red-brown fur and white patches on the chin, throat and rump.
Muntjacs are native to SE China and Taiwan, but they have been introduced to parks in England and France.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/275.shtml   (287 words)

  
 Reeves' Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
Reeves’ Muntjacs are a small deer native to China.
The Muntjacs coloring ranges from dark brown to yellow or grayish brown, with white markings.
Muntjacs are native to China and Taiwan, although they have escaped from zoo’s to form feral populations in Britain and France.
www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Reeves_Muntjac.asp   (350 words)

  
 Muntjac cull north of border?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Populations of muntjac are resident in some areas south of the border and the potential for the species becoming established in Scotland should not be ignored.' The following headline appears to be a misinterpretation of a planned cull of Sika deer
The muntjac, the sika and the fallow deer are all earmarked for destruction in a consultation document outlining a 20-year plan for the management of Scotland’s deer.
It says there should be no future for muntjac in Scotland; recent expansions in fallow deer populations should be reversed; and the numbers and impact of the sika should be controlled and reduced.
www.bigcats.org /esa/muntjac.html   (423 words)

  
 The Deer Initiative
At least five species of muntjac are known, with a distribution from Pakistan to Java and north to mainland China.
The spread of the Reeves' muntjac throughout the Midlands over the last 80 years is shown in the distribution map.
Muntjac are territorial and the social unit is a family group, with young adults being driven off before the arrival of the next fawn(4).
www.thedeerinitiative.co.uk /html/muntdeer.htm   (303 words)

  
 Muntjac Deer, Leaf Muntjac Deer, Cervidae muntiacinae
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 Muntjac Deer are resilient creatures and seem to have overcome the normal susceptibility to internal parasites the other deer species have.
animal-world.com /encyclo/critters/MuntjacDeer/MuntjacDeer.php   (2576 words)

  
 Animal Info - Giant Muntjac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The giant muntjac is a deer, about the size of a large dog, that weighs 30 - 50 kg (66 - 110 lb).
The giant muntjac is threatened by heavy hunting pressure, as well as by habitat degradation due to logging and slash-and-burn agriculture.
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)

  
 Fea´s Muntjac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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.
library.thinkquest.org /C0124109/ingles/info/animal/fea_s_muntjac.html   (104 words)

  
 Reeve's Muntjac (Muntiacus Reevesi) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
The Young Muntjac is weaned at the age of 2 months and is sexually mature at 6 months.
Reeve's muntjac is primarily crepuscular, active at dawn and dusk.
Muntjacs are also referred to as "barking deer" due to the deep bark-like sounds they are known to make when on alert.
www.flickr.com /photos/tiger_empress/275048750   (393 words)

  
 Lowry Park Zoo Reciprocal Partner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Young muntjac are born with camouflaging spots which disappear within about six weeks.
This small deer is known as the barking deer because of its vocalizations (they emit a deep barking sound when alarmed or during the breeding season).
Found alone or in pairs, the Reeve's muntjac is chiefly nocturnal, but may be active in the morning.
www.lowryparkzoo.com /html/l3/fact_sheets/l3_att_hab_fsasi_muntjac.html   (223 words)

  
 Welcome to The Muntjac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Muntjac is the smallest of British Deer, almost the size of an Alsatian dog.
A common name for the Muntjac is the barking deer (hence the name of our bar!) as the male if disturbed, will utter short repeated barks.
The Muntjac's coat is a reddish colour similar to a fox and the buck has antlers and long canines projecting as tusks.
www.themuntjac.co.uk /view.asp?id=318   (157 words)

  
 Animal Info - Fea's Muntjac
Young muntjacs are usually born in dense growth, where they remain hidden until they can move about with the mother.
Reasons for the decline of Fea's muntjac include hunting (including armed insurgents living off the land) and the increase of human settlement.
Fea's muntjac is usually found in evergreen forests in upland areas.
www.animalinfo.org /species/artiperi/muntfeae.htm   (446 words)

  
 Indian Muntjac Muntiacus muntjac
The Indian Muntjac is an alert little animal, when startled it emits a short barking alarm call.
The Indian Muntjac is not at any conservation risk, and in some places is considered to be a pest because it will feed on agricultural crops and damage trees by feeding on the bark.
The Indian Muntjac is mostly nocturnal in habits.
www.worlddeer.org /indianmuntjac.html   (643 words)

  
 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)

  
 Indian Muntjac
The Indian muntjac’s coloration varies from deep brown to yellowish or grayish brown with creamy or whitish markings.
Behavior: The Indian muntjac is also called a barking deer because of the loud warning call that sounds like a dog’s bark.
The muntjac is hunted for its meat and its skin.
www.eriezoo.org /indian_muntjac.htm   (379 words)

  
 MUNTJAC - Online Information article about MUNTJAC
rib-faced deer has been suggested for the muntjac.
Among these, the Burmese C. muntjac grandicornis is noteworthy on account of its large antlers.
minute antlers, connects the typical muntjacs with the small tufted deer or tufted muntjacs of the genus Elaphodus of eastern China and Tibet.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /MOS_NAN/MUNTJAC.html   (820 words)

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