Cervus muntjac

First used by E.A.W. von Zimmerman in 1780.

Cervus muntjac m

1. (archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Cervidae – Indian muntjac, synonym of Muntiacus muntjak.
   • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:

     The tiger and the leopard are numerous, as well as the wild hog, and several species of deer, such as the Indian roe, the axis, and the barking deer ().