NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Fea's Muntjac
Muntiacus feae (Thomas & Doria, 1889)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Muntiacus feae (Thomas & Doria, 1889)
- Name authority
- (Thomas & Doria, 1889)
- Common name
- Fea's Muntjac
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Cervidae
- Genus
- Muntiacus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848
- familyCervidae Goldfuss, 1820
- subfamilyCervinae Goldfuss, 1820
- tribeMuntiacini Knottnerus-Meyer, 1907
- genusMuntiacus Rafinesque, 1815
- speciesMuntiacus feae (Thomas & Doria, 1889)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Muntiacus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bornean Yellow MuntjacMuntiacus atherodes Groves & Grubb, 1982 | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian muntjacMuntiacus muntjak (Zimmermann, 1780) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Red MuntjacMuntiacus vaginalis (Boddaert, 1785) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malabar Red MuntjacMuntiacus malabaricus Lydekker, 1915 | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black MuntjacMuntiacus crinifrons (P. L. Sclater, 1885) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gongshan MuntjacMuntiacus gongshanensis Ma, 1990 | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Puhoat MuntjacMuntiacus puhoatensis Trai, 1997 | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leaf DeerMuntiacus putaoensis Amato, Egan & Rabinowitz, 1999 | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reeves' MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi (Ogilby, 1839) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Roosevelt MuntjacMuntiacus rooseveltorum Osgood, 1932 | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Annamite MuntjacMuntiacus truongsonensis (Giao, Tuoc, Eric [Wikramanayake], Dung et al. in Ha, 1997) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cervulus feae Thomas & Doria, 1889 Thomas & Doria, 1889 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=625058 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:44KXL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.