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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 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.
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.
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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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 ]
The mouse-deer are restricted to Southeast Asia from far Southern China (south Yunnan) to the Philippines and Java. [ 3 ] Following recent taxonomic changes, several of the species in this genus are poorly known, but all are believed to be mainly nocturnal and feed on leaves, fruits, grasses, and other vegetation in the dense forest undergrowth ...
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.