Indian Muntjac, Muntiacus muntjak : A Deer with a Low Diploid Chromosome Number
- 12 June 1970
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 168 (3937) , 1364-1366
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.168.3937.1364
Abstract
The Indian muntjac ( Muntiacus muntjak ) has a diploid chromosome number of 7 in the male and 6 in the female, the lowest number yet described in a mammal. Its near relative, Reeve's muntjac ( Muntiacus reevesi ) has a diploid number of 46, and the karyotypes of the two, species are very different.Keywords
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