Reeves's muntjac its face. The belly is creamy-white, with lighter fur extending to the neck, chin, and the underside of the tail. The males have short antlers, usually or less, and long upper canines (tusks), usually about long. Females have bony lumps on their foreheads and localized black spots. The Taiwanese subspecies ("M. r. micrurus"), commonly known as the Formosan Reeves' muntjac, is darker than other subspecies. Reeves's muntjac feeds on herbs, blossoms, succulent shoots, fungi, berries, grasses, and nuts, and has also been reported to eat tree bark. Eggs and carrion are eaten opportunistically. It is also called the barking deer
Indian muntjac usually branch just once near the base, and a large postorbital scent gland used to mark territories. The species was formerly classified as "". The Indian muntjac has a short but very soft, thick, dense coat that is more dense in cooler regions. The face of the muntjac is darker and the limbs are dark to reddish brown and the coat color seasonally varies from darker brown to yellowish and grayish brown and is white ventally. Their ears have much less hair but otherwise are the same color as the rest of the head. Male muntjacs have short antlers, about