Crossword clues for muntjac
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Muntjac \Munt"jac\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small Asiatic deer of the genus Cervulus, esp. Cervulus muntjac, which occurs both in India and on the East Indian Islands. [Written also muntjak.]
Wiktionary
n. Any of various species of east Asian deer of the genus (taxlink Muntiacus genus noshow=1), having short antlers and a barking call.
WordNet
n. small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark [syn: barking deer]
Wikipedia
Muntjacs, also known as barking deer and Mastreani deer, are small deer of the genus Muntiacus. Muntjacs are the oldest known deer, thought to have begun appearing 15–35 million years ago, with remains found in Miocene deposits in France, Germany and Poland.
Usage examples of "muntjac".
Chinese water deer and the rib-faced deer or muntjac the upper canines exist, and are largely developed.
The deer with which we have to deal range from the elaphine, or red deer type, to the simple bifurcated antler of the muntjac, which consists of a beam and brow antler only.
I have received from all parts of India and Burmah, and in a considerable number of living specimens which I have examined, I have observed amongst adult animals so much difference in size and intensity of coloration that I have found it impossible to retain the muntjac of Java and Sumatra as a distinct species.
I have received from Northern India perfectly adult, and even slightly aged, specimens of both muntjac and axis inferior in size to the average as presented by these species in Southern India.
I think it not improbable that persistent race characters may eventually be found distinguishing the muntjac of these islands from that of British India.
In the afternoon they spotted their first mammal, a startled muntjac or barking deer who had come down to the water for a drink, fixed the intruders with a frozen stare, emitted a weird coughing sound, and bounded away.
The muntjacs from the south of India are, as a rule, smaller than those from the north, as is also the case with the axis and Indian antelope.