Leaf muntjac

Leaf muntjac
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Muntiacus
Species:
M. putaoensis
Binomial name
Muntiacus putaoensis
Amato, Egan & Rabinowitz, 1999[2][3]

The leaf muntjac, leaf deer or Putao muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis) is a small species of muntjac.[4] It was documented in 1997 by biologist Alan Rabinowitz during his field study in the isolated Nogmung Township in Myanmar. Rabinowitz discovered the species by examining the small carcass of a deer that he initially believed was the juvenile of another species; however, it proved to be the carcass of an adult female.[4] He managed to obtain specimens, from which DNA analysis revealed a new cervid species. Local hunters knew of the species and called it the leaf deer because its body could be completely wrapped by a single large leaf.[4] It is found in Myanmar and India.[1]

  1. ^ a b Timmins, R.J.; Duckworth, J.W. (2016). "Muntiacus putaoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136479A22159478. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136479A22159478.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Amato, G.; Egan, M.G.; Rabinowitz, A. (1999). "A new species of muntjac, Muntiacus putaoensis (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) from northern Myanmar". Animal Conservation. 2 (1): 1–7. Bibcode:1999AnCon...2....1A. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1795.1999.tb00042.x. ISSN 1367-9430.
  3. ^ Rabinowitz, A.; Myint, Than; Khaing, Saw Tun; Rabinowitz, S. (1999). "Description of the leaf deer (Muntiacus putaoensis), a new species of muntjac from northern Myanmar". Journal of Zoology. 249 (4): 427–435. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1999.tb01212.x. ISSN 0952-8369.
  4. ^ a b c Ellis, Richard (2004). No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species. New York: Harper Perennial. p. 260. ISBN 0-06-055804-0.