Giant muntjac

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Giant muntjac | status = Conservation status: Vulnerable | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | ordo = Artiodactyla | subordo = Ruminantia | familia = Cervidae | genus = Muntiacus | species = M. vuquangensis | binomial = Muntiacus vuquangensis | binomial_authority = Wemmer et al., 1998 }} Giant Muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis) is a species of muntjac deer. It is the largest muntjac species and was discovered in 1994 in Vu Quang, Ha Tinh province of Vietnam and in central Laos.

It is a medium-sized deer, most closely related to the Indian Muntjac (or Common Muntjac).

References

• Giant Muntjac, WWF Indochina.
• Animal Info - Giant Muntjac