Indian muntjac, Muntiacus muntjak: a deer with a low diploid chromosome number.
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.
D000818:Animals; D002875:Chromosomes; D003670:Deer; D004171:Diploidy; D007621:Karyotyping; D013045:Species Specificity