Muntiacus vuquangensis Tuoc, Dung, Dawson, Arctander and Mackinnon 1994

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Muntiacus vuquangensis Tuoc, Dung, Dawson, Arctander and Mackinnon 1994

Muntiacus vuquangensis Tuoc, Dung, Dawson, Arctander and Mackinnon 1994 , Science and Technology news. Forest Inventory and Planning Institue (Hanoi): 5.

Type Locality: "Vu Quang Nature Reserve in Ha tinh province of Vietnam ".

Vernacular Names: Large-antlered Muntjac.

Distribution: Upland forest in Laos and Vietnam.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I as Megamuntiacus vuquanghensis [sic]. Locally relatively abundant but its restriction to upland forests suggests it should be classified as Potentially At Risk ( Duckworth et al. 1993).

Discussion: Distribution and status in Laos reviewed by Timmins et al (1998). Placed in genus Muntiacus by Amato et al. (2000), Giao et al (1998), and Schaller and Vrba (1996).