Indian muntjac that there was some form of site specific dominance Paleontological evidence proves that Indian muntjacs have been around since the late Pleistocene epoch at least 12,000 years ago. Scientists are interested in studying muntjac because between species they have a wide variation in number of chromosomes, in fact the Indian Muntjac has the lowest number of chromosomes of any mammal with males having a diploid number of 7 and females having 6 chromosomes. They are the oldest known members of the deer family, the earliest known deer-like creatures had horns instead of antlers but the muntjac is the earliest known
Bucca (mythological creature) Bucca (mythological creature) Bucca is a male sea-spirit in Cornish folklore - a merman- that inhabited mines and coastal communities as a hobgoblin during storms. The mythological creature is a type of water spirit likely related to the Púca from Irish and Welsh folklore and the female mari-morgans - a type of mermaid from Welsh and Breton mythology. Rev W. S. Lach-Szyrma, one 19th-century writer on Cornish antiquities, suggested the Bucca had originally been an ancient pagan deity of the sea such as Irish Nechtan or British Nodens, though his claims are mainly conjecture.. Folklore however records votive food offerings