Cetartiodactyls Discovered in The 2000s - Roosevelt's Muntjac Muntiacus Rooseveltorum (1999/2000)

Roosevelt's Muntjac Muntiacus Rooseveltorum (1999/2000)

In 1999, genetic research was conducted on a mysterious specimen of muntjac found in a Laos menagerie in 1995. The unusual, black deer was discovered to be Roosevelt's Muntjac (Muntiacus rooseveltorum), a species previously known to science only from a single individual, discovered in 1929.

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