Cervus muntjac

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin Cervus + muntjac (“muntjac”), first used by E.A.W. von Zimmerman in 1780.

Proper noun

Cervus muntjac m

1. (archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Cervidae – the Indian muntjac, now known as Muntiacus muntjak.
   • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:

     The tiger and the leopard are numerous, as well as the wild hog, and several species of deer, such as the Indian roe, the axis, and the barking deer (Cervus muntjac).