| Roosevelt's muntjac | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Genus: | Muntiacus |
| Species: | M. rooseveltorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Muntiacus rooseveltorum Osgood, 1932 | |
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A single specimen of theRoosevelt's muntjac orRoosevelt's barking deer (Muntiacus rooseveltorum) was presented to theField Museum in 1929 following theKelley-Roosevelts expedition organized byTheodore (Jnr) andKermit Roosevelt. The specimen is slightly smaller than thecommon muntjac and DNA testing has shown it to be distinct from recently discovered muntjac species. It is a subspecies ofFea's muntjac, whose home range is mountains further northwest separated by lower land. However, without further evidence, the exact position of Roosevelt's muntjac cannot be stated.Berlin Zoo supposedly held this species between 1961 and 1972 (following an import from Northern Vietnam) but it could have been anIndian muntjac, subspeciesannamensis.[2]
Roosevelt's muntjac was believed to have been extinct since 1929. However, there have been several recent claims to have rediscovered the species, from evidence including skulls owned by villagers in the Truong Son (Annamite) mountains of northernLaos and far northwesternVietnam. More recently, photographs from a camera trap at Xuan Lien Nature Reserve in Vietnam appear to have identified two individuals.[3]
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