#mouse-deer

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Have you done mousedeer? (chevrotains)

They're the smallest ungulate in the word .

I've done two species so far, but for you I'll do the smallest species!

Have you seen the Java mouse-deer (Tragulus javanicus)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onMay 5, 2025

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Is that a deer or a mouse? It's a lesser mouse-deer! This species is one of the smallest hoofed animals, second only to its cousin, the Java mouse-deer. Lesser mouse deer stand only 45 cm (18 inches) at the shoulder and weigh less than 2 kg (4.4 lb). This makes it easy prey for animals like clouded leopards, large snakes, and birds of prey.

(Image: A lesser mousedeer (Tragulus kanchil) by Kaeng Krachan National Park)

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Voting ended onDec 22, 2024

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[antiqueanimals]

Indian Spotted Mouse-Deer by Louis A. Sargent. From Wild Beasts of the World, Vol. Two. Written by Frank Finn, published in 1909.

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[belalugosisdeadname]

Hey, don't cry. Smallest hoofed mammal in the world, ok?

It's called the java mouse-deer, and it weighs about 1 to 2 kg (2.2 to 4.4 lbs) at maturity, making it roughly the size of a rabbit. Ok?

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[fast-n-bad]

Chevrotain

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[mudwerks]

(via A “mouse-deer,” seen once in the last century, has now been caught on film | Ars Technica)

The silver-backed chevrotain, a tiny "mouse-deer" native to Vietnam, is a sighting significant for more than just Nguyen's personal tally. There has been only one confirmed record of the elusive mammal since 1910—a specimen obtained from a hunter in 1990—until Nguyen and his team set camera traps that recorded 280 sightings within nine months...