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Gongshan Muntjac




  Name Gongshan Muntjac
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Mammal ia
  Ordo Artiodactyla
  Familia Cervidae
  Genus ''''' Muntiacus '''''
  Species '''''M gongshanensis'''''
  Binomial ''Muntiacus gongshanensis''
  Binomial Authority 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 Yunnan , western China and neighbouring Tibet. 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.