Tragulidae ![images](/kn/images/iconcamera.gif)
This family of small deer are found in Africa and Asia. They live in dense vegetation.
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Hyemoschus (water chevrotains) Water Chevrotain ![images](/kn/images/iconcamera.gif)
The water chevrotain is also know as the African chevrotain. It is found in tropical regions of the Africa.
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Water Chevrotain ![Video](/kn/images/iconfilm.gif)
Chevrotains look like a cross between pigs and deer!
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Moschiola (chevrotains)
Tragulus (mouse deer) Greater Mouse Deer
The greater mouse deer is found in Thailand, Indochina, Sri Lanka, the Malayan Peninsula, and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. The Greater mouse deer is also known as the greater Malayan chevrotain or greater Malayan mouse deer.
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Greater Mouse Deer
The greater mouse deer is 30 inches long, it stands about 13 inches high, and it weighs up to 17.5 pounds.
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Greater Mouse Deer
Mouse deer have a 3-chambered stomach, instead of the 4-chambered stomach that deer have.
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Greater Mouse Deer
Greater mouse deer are nocturnal.
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Lesser Mouse Deer
The lesser mouse deer is also known as the lesser Malay mouse deer
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