The hairy-fronted muntjac or black muntjac, Muntiacus crinifrons, is a deer found in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian in southeastern China and similar in size to the common muntjac. It is considered endangered, with perhaps only 5,000 to 10,000 animals spread over a wide area, and the Chinese population in the early 1990s was assessed at about 10,000 and has declined since. It was hunted heavily through the twentieth century and was one of the least known deer in the world, known to western scientists from a few museum specimens until 1975. Its sex chromosomes are unusual: females have 8 chromosomes and males have 9, because of a fusion that formed a neo-X and a neo-Y.
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Population Trend System (Realm) ThreatsAgriculture and Aquaculture 1 ThreatsBiological Resource Use 1 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Activity Pattern Activity Pattern Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
In Biome
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Muntiacus crinifrons (Animal Diversity Web)
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Source Hairy-fronted muntjac (Wikipedia)Lead, range (china)Quote, Lead, range (china)
currently found in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian in southeastern China
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1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Muntiacus crinifrons (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet
Primary Diet herbivore herbivore
Primary Diet, diet
frugivore frugivore
Conservation Status, CITES
CITES Appendix I
Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes forest forest
Lifespan/Longevity, wild female captured
Lu and Sheng (1984) report capturing a pregnant female of 11 years in age.
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
is hunted and trapped for its meat and skin
Conservation Status
Overhunting may also play a role in the declining numbers
Conservation Status, timber
overexploitation of mountain forests for timber
Conservation Status, forest clearing
forest clearing for agriculture and infrastructure development
View the Source 2. Hairy-fronted muntjac (Wikipedia)
Lead, range (china)
currently found in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian in southeastern China
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is a type of deer
Lead, threats
The species has been heavily hunted throughout the 20th century
Child Taxon Of: Cervidae, Lead, family placement
is a type of deer
In Group: Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), Lead, group placement
is a type of deer
View the Source3. GBIF: Muntiacus crinifrons
GBIFDistributions, IUCN Red List threat statusQuote, Distributions, IUCN Red List threat status
threatStatus: VULNERABLE
4. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)Row: muntiacus crinifrons, Activity columns (Nocturnal 1)
5313 Muntiacus crinifrons Cervidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 80 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 1 Ref_1 ABC 36140.99 Ref_117 1
Row: muntiacus crinifrons, Activity columns (Crepuscular 1)
5313 Muntiacus crinifrons Cervidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 80 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 1 Ref_1 ABC 36140.99 Ref_117 1
Row: muntiacus crinifrons, Activity columns (Diurnal 1)
5313 Muntiacus crinifrons Cervidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 80 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 1 Ref_1 ABC 36140.99 Ref_117 1
Row: muntiacus crinifrons, BodyMass-Value 36140.99 g (36.1 kg); band set by mass: medium from 1.2 kg to under 32 kg, large from 32 kg to under 1000 kg
5313 Muntiacus crinifrons Cervidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 80 Ref_1 ABC G A 1 1 1 Ref_1 ABC 36140.99 Ref_117 1
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