Chevrotain
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Chevrotains, or mouse-deer, are small, even-toed ungulates that make up the family Tragulidae, and are the only living members of the infraorder Tragulina. The 10 extant species are placed in three ge
Mouse deer Singapore Zoo 2012
Mating mouse-deer
Indian spotted chevrotain
Tragulus sp.
Java mouse-deer
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The Java mouse-deer is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae. When it reaches maturity it is about the size of a rabbit, making it the smallest living ungulate. It is found in fores
Chevrotain
…African chevrotain is considerably larger, at 7–16 kg (15–35 lb). With an average length of 45 cm (18 in) and an average height of 30 cm (12 in), the Java mouse-deer is the smallest surviving ungulate (hoofed) mammal, as well as the smallest artiodactyl (even-toed ungulate). Despite their common name of "mouse-deer…
Tragulus javanicus jerusalem zoo
By Gustav Mützel
Skeletal mount; Yale Peabody Museum
Moving through undergrowth; Frankfurt Zoo