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Chevrotains, or mouse-deer, are diminutive, 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 genera, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] but several species also are known only from fossils . [ 3 ]
Fanged deer may refer to deer with downward-pointing canine teeth or tusks. Kashmir musk deer, a fanged deer in Afghanistan Musk deer in general, inhabiting South Asia, East Asia, and Siberia; Water chevrotain, a small nocturnal mouse-deer in western Africa; Water deer, a true deer native to China and Korea.
The water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus), also known as the fanged deer, is a small ruminant found in tropical Africa. This is the only species in the genus Hyemoschus . It is the largest of the 10 species of chevrotains , basal even-toed ungulates which are visually similar to deer , but are barely larger than small dogs.
An elusive fanged deer was recently spotted for the first time in more than 60 years. It's called the Kashmir musk deer and only the males have fangs. A research team spotted the endangered deer ...
Horrifying video shows a deer running down a smoke-filled street in the Altadena neighborhood on January 8. The animal looked scared as it searched for someplace to hide. But sadly there was ...
When they arrived, the deer was just standing there, staring off into the distance, they said. Colerain Township police were called for the report of a deer on the side of the road. When they ...
The Vietnam mouse-deer (Tragulus versicolor), also known as the silver-backed chevrotain, is an even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae known only from Vietnam. It was first described in 1910 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas , who procured four specimens from Nha Trang in Annam .
Moschiola, the spotted chevrotains, are a genus of small even-toed ungulates in the family Tragulidae.They are found in forests in India, Sri Lanka and perhaps Nepal, and have pale-spotted or -striped upperparts unlike the other Asian members of the family, the mouse-deer of the genus Tragulus.