Specific habits:

Muntjac is a typical tropical and subtropical forest or forest-edge shrub species, mainly inhabiting tropical rain forest, monsoon rain forest, subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, mixed coniferous forest and alpine wet and dark coniferous forest. Mainly nocturnal, often active alone, like to eat grass on the grass slope at the edge of the forest, but also eat fresh branches and leaves in the sparse forest.

Usually they give birth in May-July, and the pregnancy is 5-6 months. There are 1 baby every year, with 3-5 babies each. Muntjac is an important economic fur animal. Cowhide is an important raw material for producing high-grade leather and one of the traditional commodities exported by China.

Extended data:

Protection level:

It is listed in the Red List of Biodiversity in China-Vertebrate Volume, and the evaluation grade is Endangered (EN).

Include in that convention on trade in endangered specie).

It is listed in the list of terrestrial wild animals that are beneficial to national protection or have important economic and scientific research value.

Risk factors:

1, the distribution area has shrunk, and the population has also decreased.

2. Poaching is serious.

3. Habitat fragmentation leads to the decrease of female-mediated gene flow.

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