Northern Red Muntjac

Of the three deer studied in Wilpattu National Park, the barking deer was the one most often seen alone. The 2012 national list names it Muntiacus muntjak, the barking deer.

Distance sampling in Wilpattu from November 2024 to January 2025 gave a density of 7.47 ± 3.16 deer per km², and the animals were mostly seen alone (Gunawardhana et al. 2025). Nationally Near Threatened (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).