🦌Reeves's muntjac
Reeves's muntjac, also known as the Chinese muntjac, is a species of muntjac found widely in south-eastern China and Taiwan. It has also been introduced in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Japan. It takes its name from John Reeves, a naturalist employed by the British East India Company in the 19th century.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 13 kg
- Body length
- 1.32 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 23 years
Everything we know about the Reeves's muntjac
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass13 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 18 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length1.32 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass54 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan23 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 23 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length8.03 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity295 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation209 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 199 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.12 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.67 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l14 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Reeves's muntjac yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyCervidae
- ›genusMuntiacus
- ›speciesMuntiacus reevesi
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- subfamilyMuntiacinae
- genusMuntiacus
All 16 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyCervidae
- subfamilyMuntiacinae
- genusMuntiacus
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