Muntjac are capable of breeding at 8 months old and breed all year round, with does able to conceive again within days of giving birth. After a gestation period of 7 months the doe gives birth to a single fawn.

How can you tell the difference between a male and female muntjac?

Adult males usually slightly larger, tend to appear darker and often appearing to have more yellow on their foreheads, than females. Tusks are often visible in males but are less developed and not visible in females in the field. Antler pedicles and antlers are usually obvious in adult males.

Do Muntjacs bark at night?

Late at night it sounds like someone is being murdered. The noise carries in the darkness, loud and clear but haunting and disturbing. This is the call of the muntjac deer sometimes known as the barking deer.