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The meat is considered a delicacy on the islands, and the skin is also used to make leather. Although no true estimates of the Philippine mouse-deer population have been made to date, they are assumed to be declining in numbers. Hunters have commented that the mouse-deer is becoming harder to find. The biggest reason for decline is habitat loss ...
The island of Cebu in the Philippines is home to various species of reptiles and amphibians. Supsup, et al. (2016) recorded a total of 13 amphibian species and 63 reptile species. Brachymeles cebuensis is a rare skink endemic to Cebu.
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 ]
Mount Tapulao forest mouse: Apomys brownorum Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011 [3] Forest DD Unknown: Camiguin forest mouse: Apomys camiguinensis (Heaney & Tabaranza, 2006: Forest VU Unknown: Luzon montane forest mouse: Apomys datae Meyer, 1899: Forest and shrublands LC Unknown: Large Mindoro forest mouse: Apomys ...
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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 ...
Tragulus is a genus of even-toed ungulates in the family Tragulidae that are known as mouse-deer. [1] In Ancient Greek τράγος ( tragos ) means a male goat , [ 2 ] while the Latin diminutive –ulus means 'tiny'.