mouse-deer , także: mouse deer
chevrotain

Chevrotains are solitary animals, and usually interact only to mate.

Unusually for most vertebrates, female water chevrotains are larger than males.

Instead, the chevrotains are probably the closest living relatives to these ancient deer-like animals.

There are around 10 species of mouse-deer, which are also called 'chevrotains'.

Particularly in the old literature, M. meminna often refers to the spotted chevrotains as a whole.

Because they're such a solitary species, the interactions between water chevrotains are only antagonistic and reproductive encounters.

The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil and napu.

Water chevrotains have a rich, sleek red-brown coat on top, and the underside of the coat is white.

The first artiodactyls looked like today's chevrotains or pigs: small, short-legged creatures that ate leaves and the soft parts of plants.

The six extinct chevrotains genera include:

Only the chevrotains survive to the present, including the genera Tragulus (the mouse deer) and Hyemoschus.

During the day, chevrotains cannot be found outside of the dense forest; but at night they can be observed in exposed clearings and open river banks.

Family Tragulidae: chevrotains (six species)

Chevrotains (tragulids)

Chevrotains (Tragulidae)

Spotted chevrotains (Moschiola) are a genus of small even-toed ungulates in the family Tragulidae.

Chevrotains, also known as mouse-deer, are small ungulates that make up the family Tragulidae, the only members of the infraorder Tragulina.

Suborder Ruminantia (antelope, buffalo, cattle, goats, sheep, deer, giraffes, and chevrotains)

It is the largest of the ten species of chevrotains, basal even-toed ungulates which are similar to deer but are barely larger than small dogs.

Andegameryx were primitive and ancient ruminants, resembling small deer or musk deer, although they were more closely related to modern chevrotains.

Consequently, all species with pale-spotted or -striped upper parts are known as chevrotains, and all the species without are known as mouse-deer.

Chevrotains are small, secretive creatures, now found only in the tropical forests of Africa, India, Sri Lanka, and South-east Asia.

Similar functions are seen in the enlarged tusks of modern muntjacs and chevrotains, but the curved tusks of warthogs (used for digging) are dissimilar.

Tylopoda (camels, llamas, and alpacas) and chevrotains have three-chambered stomachs, while the rest of Ruminantia have four-chambered stomachs.

The park has over 60 mammal species, including forest buffalos, leopards, hippos, mona monkeys, water chevrotains, bush babies, civets, elephants, and the pygmy flying squirrel (Idiuus zenkeri).

The greater mouse-deer is used as a source of food for local people.

The thin, short legs which support the mouse-deer are about the diameter of a pencil.

Hunters have commented that the mouse-deer is becoming harder to find.

The kancil or mouse-deer serves as the main character in a number of the stories.

The largest species, which stands no more than 80cm tall, lives in Africa and is thought to be the most primitive of all mouse-deer.

The name "mouse-deer" refers to its small size and does not imply that it is a true deer.

This behavior has been observed in both wild and captive Java mouse-deer.

But that is exactly what two species of mouse-deer in Asia do when confronted by predators, scientists have found.

The Philippine mouse-deer can be classified as a r-selected species.

At night, the Java mouse-deer moves to higher and drier ridge areas.

Mouse-deer, monitor lizards, and bird life, including sea eagles, also live here.

The mouse-deer has been estimated to live about fourteen years and usually produces one offspring per litter.

There are around 10 species of mouse-deer, which are also called 'chevrotains'.

Mammalian life includes the mouse-deer, porcupine and possibly elephants, too.

Java mouse-deer can furthermore be distinguished by their lack of upper incisors.

And also the scientific name of the lesser mouse-deer (Tragulus kanchil).

The mouse-deer submerged itself, and eventually the mongoose retreated.

It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the greater mouse-deer (T. napu).

Although very small for an ungulate, the greater mouse-deer is one of the largest members of its genus.

Mouse-deer have been observed to live up to 14 years in captivity, but their lifespan in nature is still an open question.

Most common are the tiny mouse-deer.

It is rivalled in size by Williamson's mouse-deer.

The mouse-deer's habitat is being converted to agricultural lands for coconut plantations and other crops.

The mouse-deer seemed comfortable, it seemed adapted," he says.

The greater mouse-deer is solitary and nocturnal.