Cervus muntjac
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Translingual
Etymology
First used by E.A.W. von Zimmerman in 1780.
Proper noun
- (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 (Cervus muntjac).
- 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552: