Reeves's muntjac
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Reeves’s muntjac eats eggs and carrion as well as plants.
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Reeves’s muntjac eats eggs and carrion as well as plants.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Reeves's muntjac
- Scientific name
- Muntiacus reevesi
- Japanese name
- キョン
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Cervidae
- Genus
- Muntiacus
A deer about the size of a medium-sized dog, it is native to southern China and Taiwan and also lives in the wild in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
It eats leaves and nuts in the forest, and when it senses danger it gives a call like a human scream.
How the Reeves's muntjac lives
It is most active at dawn and dusk. It forages with its head low, making soft growling sounds as it moves. It brings food back into its mouth and chews it again. It travels alone or in pairs.
国立環境研究所 侵入生物DBUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Shoulder height: males 48 cm, females 45 cm
- Weight
- males 14 kg, females 12 kg
- Diet
- Leaves and fruit
- Range
- Southern China and Taiwan
Where the Reeves's muntjac has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- キョン
- 简体中文
- 小麂
- 繁體中文
- 山羗
- 한국어
- 아기사슴
- Español
- Muntíaco de Reeves
- Français
- Muntjac de chine
- Deutsch
- Chinesischer Muntjak
- Português (Brasil)
- Muntjac-chinês
- Italiano
- Muntjak della Cina
- العربية
- منتجق صيني
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Kijang reeves
- Tiếng Việt
- Mang Reeves
- Русский
- Китайский мунтжак
- Türkçe
- Çin munçağı
- ไทย
- เก้งจีน
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 千葉県 — 特定外来生物 キョンChecked: 2026-11-03
- 国立環境研究所 侵入生物DB — キョンChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Muntiacus reevesiChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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