Gongshan muntjac

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Gongshan Muntjac
Conservation status
Data deficient
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae Subfamily: muntiacinae Genus: Muntiacus Species: M. gongshanensis
Binomial name
Muntiacus gongshanensis Ma, 1990

The Gongshan muntjac was recently identified by Chinese scientists as a new species of muntjac, a type of deer, living in the Gongshan mountains in North-western Yunnan, South-east Tibet and Northern Myanmar(Kachin State). More recently, genetic studies have shown it to be very closely related to the Hairy-fronted muntjac, possibly close enough to be considered the same species despite different coloration.