chevrotain?
I've done two species so far, I'll do a third!
Have you seen the water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus)?
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chevrotain?
I've done two species so far, I'll do a third!
Have you seen the water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus)?
I have now
Yes, in photos/videos
Yes, irl
I'm not sure
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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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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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?
Chevrotain
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(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...