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  • noun Alternative spelling of muntjac.

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Examples

  • They got big pythons in Asia (Burma for instance), and that's where Munjaks are, they are pretty small, real small really, that could be a 10 foot python and a 20 inch at the whithers muntjak.

    Snake-Bit! 2009

  • They got big pythons in Asia (Burma for instance), and that's where Munjaks are, they are pretty small, real small really, that could be a 10 foot python and a 20 inch at the whithers muntjak.

    Snake-Bit! 2009

  • The sympatric occurrence of the Indian muntjac Muntiacus muntjak further complicates species identification based primarily on morphometry.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • Studies on stereotyped behavior of barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak).

    Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal 2009

  • Other species include muntjac Muntiacus muntjak, lesser mouse deer Tragulus javanicus, rusa deer Cervus timorensis and wild boar Sus scrofa.

    Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009

  • Unlike in other habitats, here tigers live and swim among the mangrove islands, where they hunt scarce prey such as chital deer (Cervus axis), barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak), wild pig (Sus scrofa), and even macaques (Macaca mulatta).

    Sundarbans mangroves 2008

  • There seems to be no special vertebrate fauna associated with limestone in this ecoregion, although banteng Bos javanicus, orangutan Pongo pygmaeus, Bornean gibbon Hylobates muelleri, sambar Cervus unicolor, muntjac Muntiacus muntjak, and mousedeer Tragulus spp. all use limestone outcroppings.

    Borneo lowland rain forests 2008

  • Species include the Javan rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus (E) and water buffalo Bubalus bubalis (V), last recorded in 1870 and 1885, respectively, swamp deer Cervus duvauceli (E), which existed in good numbers until early this century, and Indian muntjac Muntiacus muntjak, last reported on Halliday Island in the late 1970s.

    Sundarbans National Park, India 2008

  • Some of the characteristic mammals that can be used as focal species in this ecoregion include goral (Nemorhaedus goral), barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak), and yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula).

    Himalayan subtropical pine forests 2008

  • Numerous species of deer such as barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak), Eld's deer (Cervus eldi), or sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) persist.

    Irrawaddy dry forests 2007

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